Joyce wants to confront her boss, Mr. Dawson, about the little girl who fled the small-town grocery store in a desperate hurry while he watched in anger. Something was not right. Mr. Dawson had adored the girl, who had often stopped by after school to help him price cans, stock shelves and count inventory. Now he was calling her a thief. Joyce’s suspicions grow even as illness and customers provide a convenient excuse to postpone the confrontation. While Joyce struggles with the action she believes she must take, we learn the story of a little girl who kept a secret to herself for too long. We learn the price she must pay for not telling: a lifetime of trying to maintain balance, a lifetime on the edge. "Balance," a short ...
Joyce wants to confront her boss, Mr. Dawson, about the little girl who fled the small-town grocery store in a desperate hurry while he watched in anger. Something was not right. Mr. Dawson had adored the girl, who had often stopped by after school to help him price cans, stock shelves and count inventory. Now he was calling her a thief. Joyce’s suspicions grow even as illness and customers provide a convenient excuse to postpone the confrontation. While Joyce struggles with the action she believes she must take, we learn the story of a little girl who kept a secret to herself for too long. We learn the price she must pay for not telling: a lifetime of trying to maintain balance, a lifetime on the edge. "Balance," a short story, was published as the Story of the Week on www.shortstoryamerica.com in October, 2010. It also appears in the 2011 Short Story America anthology
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Meet the Author
Lori Duffy Foster is a freelance writer and a former journalist who was born and raised in Saranac Lake, in the heart of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. The sixth of eight children, she found her peace and solitude in writing. She is currently seeking representation for two completed novels, Spring Melt and Invisible Ink. A third novel is under construction. Her short stories have appeared in Aethlon, a journal of sports literature and in the 2011 Short Story America Anthology. Ms. Duffy Foster holds a master’s degree in creative writing from Binghamton University and a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego. For 11 years, she worked as a reporter for The Post-Standard in Syracuse, N.Y. Since then, she has taught English as an adjunct at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona; and has freelanced as a book editor, technical writer and magazine writer while moving from New York to Arizona to Ohio. She recently settled in Knoxville, PA, where she and her husband, Tom, plan to raise their four children – Riley, Kiersten and twins, Matthew and Jonathan. She blogs about raising identical twins at http://twinsblog.troupsburg.com and On Writing, Living and Loving at www.lori-foster.blogspot.com. Visit her at her website, www.loriduffyfoster.com.
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Joyce wants to confront her boss, Mr. Dawson, about the little girl who fled the small-town grocery store in a desperate hurry while he watched in anger. Something was not right. Mr. Dawson had adored the girl, who had often stopped by after school to help him price cans, stock shelves and count inventory. Now he was calling her a thief. Joyce’s suspicions grow even as illness and customers provide a convenient excuse to postpone the confrontation. While Joyce struggles with the action she believes she must take, we learn the story of a little girl who kept a secret to herself for too long. We learn the price she must pay for not telling: a lifetime of trying to maintain balance, a lifetime on the edge. "Balance," a short ...