Glenwood
I didn’t mean to listen at first.
The next day at school, I sat on the tiled bench outside the girls’ bathroom nearest the east stairwell, flipping through my notebook like I was editing something. Really, I still fumed over my unanswered writing sample. My eyes were on the page, but my ears caught everything.
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Hi, I’m Rita Quill. I write fiction about outsiders—people on the edge of adulthood, collapse, or reinvention. My stories orbit power, shame, love, ambition, and the mess between who you are and who you’re supposed to be. Subscribe for free to unlock weekly chapters delivered straight to your inbox or the Substack app.