Medusa

By Constance Burris

When a bullied high school student turns to her mysterious neighbor for help, she ends up with a bigger and much more terrifying problem.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Constance Burris
• Release date: Oct 30, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311243997

Constance Burris

Constance Burris is a nerd, writer, wife and mother. Most of her stories are speculative fiction. She was lost moment she read her first science fiction story in kindergarten about people living on Venus. When she discovered no one live there, she was heartbroken, but it didn't affect her love for all things fantastical.

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MEDUSA

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Constance Burris

Copyright 2014 by Constance Burris

A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.

― Coco Chanel

Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.

― James Brown

Shemeya jumped out of the green pleather seat, ignoring the bus driver's grunt of annoyance as he pulled the lever and opened the doors. As soon as she could, she squeezed through the opened door and hopped off the crowded bus.

While she walked through the maze of cracked concrete sidewalks, the hot Oklahoma wind thrashed her face and sweat prickled her skin.

What's wrong with you, girl?

Surprised, Shemeya stopped. The question had come from Ms. Jade. She stood in the open doorway of her apartment a few feet away. Shemeya's mom would have killed her if she'd done that - flies and air conditioning and money not growing on trees and all. Shemeya wanted to keep walking, but she didn't want to be rude. Jade was the only parent she babysat for who didn't pay with food stamps.

Why are you in such a hurry? Jade asked. With her light skin and brown freckles, she didn't look anything like her dark-skinned son, Rashawn, who sat nearby on a patch of grass playing with a red ball.

I have homework to do, Shemeya lied, trying to focus her attention on Jade instead