Despair, 'Our House'

Bradley E. Clift

The Hartford Courant

The Hallway to Hell--Michael Carbone is convinced there is a dark side to life. If ever there was a room made by the devil, it would be a shooting gallery he said. Galleries smell of fecies, urine, blood is spattered everywhere, there is nothing but darkness and death. The house where Jessica and Christopher live is one of the major shooting galleries in the city and their mother is known as the nurse. On Halloween morning Jessica shows the Halloween mask she'll be taking to school. This is the hall to her house.

Bradley E. Clift, "Despair, 'Our House'," in POYi Archive, Item #19635, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/19635 (accessed November 23, 2024).