Glass Slipper Dreams, Shattered
By Doungjai Gam
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from glass slipper dreams, shattered: Like a stupid girl with glass slipper dreams, I did everything you wanted with the hopes that one day, you would love me back.
glass slipper dreams, shattered, the debut collection from doungjai gam is filled with loss, sorrow, revenge and remorse.
gam delivers devastating punches in this collection of short-shorts, taking our breath away with a turn of a phrase, a dark play on words; every syllable paints unexpected shadows in our imagination.
—Linda D. Addison, award-winning author of How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend and HWA Lifetime Achievement Award winner
Reminiscent of Mercedes Yardley’s work, Doungjai Gam’s stories and prose poems are small gems filled with heartbreak, sorrow, and longing, but they also hold light in the darkness and hope in the despair. Lovely!
—Damien Angelica Walters, author of Cry Your Way Home
Tales brimming with fear, dread and horror—a strong, unique new voice!
—Thomas Tessier, author of Phantom
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Glass Slipper Dreams, Shattered - Doungjai Gam
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Gam delivers devastating punches in this collection of short-shorts, taking our breath away with a turn of a phrase, a dark play on words; every syllable paints unexpected shadows in our imagination.
—Linda D. Addison, award-winning author of How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend and HWA Lifetime Achievement Award winner
Reminiscent of Mercedes Yardley’s work, Doungjai Gam’s stories and prose poems are small gems filled with heartbreak, sorrow, and longing, but they also hold light in the darkness and hope in the despair. Lovely!
—Damien Angelica Walters, author of Cry Your Way Home
doungjai gam writes powerful vignettes, songs of darkness and sorrow, anger and pain, with a beautiful prose style. Each tale, regardless of length, another examination of the human condition and the fragments left behind when a soul is shattered. Beautifully tragic.
—James A. Moore, author of the Serenity Falls Trilogy
Tales brimming with fear, dread and horror—a strong, unique new voice!
—Thomas Tessier, author of Phantom
doungjai gam’s flash fiction exists in a liminal space between poetry and assassination. Every single word in Glass Slipper Dreams, Shattered was chosen for its greatest impact, and the stories are all breathtakingly precise and perfectly honed. Slow down and take your time with these stories. Gam’s beautiful writing is so sharp it could cut a shadow.
—Bracken MacLeod, author of Come To Dust and 13 Views Of The Suicide Woods
dedication
for these brothers three,
who’ve enriched my life dearly
with friendship and laughter
and so much love
…you are all missed.
Dave Piscitelli
1978-2015
Eddie Bepko
1978-2016
Tommy Dow
1962-2016
I’ll make you famous
She approached me at the bar, drunk and needing someone, anyone. Her name was Pam or Sam Something. Another starlet wannabe who couldn’t land a role. Buxom figure, average face, a touch naïve.
We shared a bottle of bourbon, and then went for a drive. I helped her stagger into a storage unit I rented. She belched and giggled while I set up the camcorder and hit the ‘record’ button.
Is this an audition?
I pulled a knife out of a nearby duffel bag and turned to her.
You could say that…
best served warm
Take peanuts—one for every late night
he worked, two for every time you kissed him and tasted her lingering on his lips—and grind them into bits. Mix them into his favorite Thai takeout, which you picked up earlier. Reheat, then add a squirt of Sriracha for good measure. Serve it with a smile when he’s fresh out of the shower. Sit with him, even though you already ate.
Hide the EpiPens. Relish the moment.
huntress
Although killing brings Sasha much exultant joy, she prefers the hunt. It’s in her tenacious nature to lay waiting for the precise moment to strike. But for now she’s content to sunbathe on the deck, the warmth engulfing her.
And then he shows up.
Sasha, bad girl!
He points at her offering to him. It’s a masterpiece; she’s never caught a woodpecker before and she’s proud of this.
He tries to kick her, but she moves quickly. She’s still sore from the last time.
She hisses at him. While he sleeps, she’ll create a new masterpiece using her claws and his throat.
lake of secrets
Ah, we meet again.
I knew you’d come back. I’m not a whorish gossip, like the wind or the trees. I am here, steadfast and trustworthy. I look calm on the surface, but what hides beneath would challenge anyone’s sanity.
But you know this—after