The Haunted Traveler May 2017 Edition

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“LED,” Raven giggles, thrusting a pair of tattooed
hands into the pockets of her black Pea Coat.
I drop my arms and spin around, my patience at an
end. “Jesus Christ, will the two of you shut the fuck up
for half-a-second.”
Rating = 3
“See Raven, see what you did?” Shaytan whispers.
“You’ve gone and made Nigel upset.”
Nigel sits cross-legged on a pallet of wallpaper paste.
He straightens his red bowtie, throws me a wink and
places a thin finger to his lips.
Raven and Shaytan disappear down the aisle.
Dr. Sawyer’s in-lobby-pre-session check list:
#5 – Please Rate from 0 to 10 (10 being the best)
ABILITY TO MANAGE ANGER
Seven boxes of bulbs fill my basket, and my breath
is fiery mist escaping the lungs and charring my lips. I
throw Nigel a look that cracks glass, our gazes’ static
and my left hand a clenched fist. His finger remains
stuck to his lips, a slow and deliberate exhale.
“By the way, next time I light one up, I’m burning
a hole through that fucking plaid shirt you insist on
torturing us with. And a bowtie, really?”
I tell myself to breath and not allow those blinking
red buttons to be pushed flush against my skin. Nigel
combs his fingers through his hair, pushing the dirty
blonde from his baby blues.
Rating = 2
Store front.
Cattle through turnstiles. Twenty-one checkout
lanes with square, plastic cubes stretching high and