Satin & Swine

I was surprised by the visual. Sticky red snaked down my arms to regroup in the creases of the tarp. I thought about how different things would be if all that blood were mine. I couldn’t breathe.
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In the spring of 2002, a television pilot of Carrie, Stephen King’s prom-gone-wrong horror, was shot in Vancouver, Canada. It was based on the 1976 movie of the same name staring Sissy Spacek. The story is a coming-of-age fable of an adolescent girl who, after much abuse and public ridicule, discovers that she has telekinetic powers.
The actress in the TV production was a twenty-nine-year-old brunette from Texas. We did not look alike. It didn’t matter; I could have been anyone...