Nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2021

Shifting Sand

A Hotel Room Confession

Photo by Vitaliy Rigalovsky on Unsplash. Altered by Jennifer Brewer via Canva.

She opened the bright white door of room 111. Brown lattice hung behind the two queen-size beds striped in blood orange, pine green, and white. Claws from the feet of the end tables dug into the golden-brown shag carpet. A dark wooden liquor cabinet displayed a decanter of liquor and crystal glasses. A lone white…