Abigail is lying in bed but she’s not alone. Someone is lying next to her, facing her, but Abigail can’t see who it is. She runs her hand over the other person’s body. It’s smooth, warm, soft — a woman. The woman caresses Abigail’s face, then gives her a deep, passionate kiss.
“Tell me your name,” Abigail says.
“You don’t know me yet, but I’m waiting for you. One day, we’ll sing together.”
The dream is interrupted when Rhiannon, steps into Abigail’s room.
“Rise and shine, Kiddo. Portland isn’t getting any closer,” Rhiannon says and exits.
Abigail sits up and grabs her journal, and writes down every detail of the dream, though she knows she’ll never forget it. It’s a dream she’s had before. Abigail has never seen the other woman’s face, but she knows this person exists and waits for her somewhere.
She gets out of bed and begins preparing for a trip she knows she doesn’t want to take.
G. M. Lupo (ISNI: 0000 0005 0315 9196) is a native of Atlanta, Georgia where he has always had a dysfunctional relationship with his hometown. His most recent published work is the story collection Reconstruction (2020), part of his series of Atlanta Stories, which includes Fables of the New South (2017). Along with his novel, Rebecca, Too (2018), and his full-length play Another Mother, these constitute his Expanded Universe of Fictional Atlanta. He has also released a collection of essays, poetry, and stories entitled Words Words Words (2020).
He was the winner of the 2017 Essential Theatre Play Writing Award for Another Mother which had its world premiere in his home neighborhood of West End in August 2017, in the building that once housed the library where he learned to read as a child.
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