The Threadbare Girl
Morgen Bailey
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2011 Morgen Bailey
‘The Threadbare Girl’ is a short story taken from the collection ‘Story A Day May’, appearing there in two parts. The first self-contained part was released as a free eBook late 2011 and has been superseded as this version which contains both parts and therefore is the complete story.
‘Story A Day May’ is also available as a 31-story eBook.
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The Threadbare Girl
It’s the two clocks she finds the most comforting. Both beat a different tune, started with batteries within a few seconds of each other. Alternating like an analogue tennis match.
Of course she doesn’t need two, it being such a small room, and she’s not going anywhere so really she doesn’t even need one, but they keep her company. The only noise in her existence. Except for people going to work, then home. Car doors, house doors, the shouting in between. There’s no-one for her to shout at. About. Not that she would anyway. She’s too calm for that.
She only knows the seasons by the temperature of the room. With her body playing tricks on her, that’s not even accurate. She hears the radiators kick in around the house but hers isn’t working.