North Bay 2023:   The beam from her Iphone flashlight did little to penetrate the darkness. Lori walked out of her sandal twice before stopping and taking a shaky breath of the cool night air, mirroring the one her father was taking on his small porch at that same moment.  She looked skyward.  Stars blazed quietly above and she took her usual solace in their presence. Lori searched out the familiar constellations as her heart rate slowed. Under Orion's gaze she felt  her ange

North Bay, 2023.  It took most of the trip out to her dad’s place, but around Laurier Garden Centre the crowd on the bus thinned out enough for Lori to find a seat at the back. Mercifully, the fan blew tepid air against her blazing hot skin. She rubbed her eyes, shifting the reusable bag from the seat next to her to between her legs as a heavy-set man in a suit wedged his way into it, nodding appreciatively to her while he dabbed his forehead with a folded handkerchief.   Lor

North Bay, ON: 1953 The city bus threw its occupants against one another in unison. Heads lolled on shoulders as some fought the motion to stay awake. The metal fan mounted above the exit doors had developed a small tick that did nothing to sooth the air of exhausted tension in the small space. Perfume and cologne fought a losing battle against some of the more animal smells the human body could produce.   A woman in red high heels almost lost her footing before a man in a fe

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