LJ Idol Week 15: Busman's Holiday

[proceedcyclone]

Amy sighed as she scrolled through the job postings on Craigslist. She had lost her job six months ago and last month, when she didn’t have enough money left to pay rent, she chose to spend it on food and toilet paper instead. This coming month, though, she didn’t have enough money for those things either. With the exception of a couple

Comments

[ragnarok_08]

This was very compelling!

[d0gs]

Haunting and intriguing. Would love to read more of this!

[three_oh_five]

I wish this story was longer! Really good writing. <3

[karmasoup]

Yikes!

[halfshellvenus]

Oh, Amy, Amy...! You scary, desperate woman!

Six months out of work and sinking toward eviction is a horribly frightening place to be, a primal sort of fear, and this story sure captures the kind of thing such a fear can drive a person to. :O