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Meghan Beaudry 

MEGHAN BEAUDRY began writing as part of her rehabilitation from brain trauma in 2014 and simply never stopped. Her work has been published in Hippocampus, Ravishly, Folks at Pillpack, Al Jazeera, and the Huffington Post. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2017. In 2020, she was selected as winner of the Pen 2 Paper Creative Writing Contest in fiction. Twitter: @meghanbeaudry1

Life of the Party
by Meghan Beaudry 

April 5, 2021 Contributed By: Meghan Beaudry 

Stainless Steel IV Stand

The windows are plastered with paper skulls. Black crepe streamers drape across the ceiling fans. The poured alcohol awaits — Reservoir Dog’s Grim Reaper, although you’d wanted absinthe. By any account, it’s going to be a killer party.  Bethany pads onto the front porch and plops down on the chair beside you. The screen door […]

Filed Under: Fiction Posted On: April 5, 2021

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