Julie Lacksonen
Bio
Julie has been a music teacher at a public school in Arizona since 1987. She enjoys writing, reading, walking, swimming, and spending time with family.
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Mind Game
I don't exactly know why or how it happened, but I completely lost my mind. I quit my job as a chef to care for my mother, who had dementia. Maybe that's part of why it happened. She had long since forgotten that she used to call me Bumblebee, for the "Bea" in Beatrice. In fact, she didn't remember me at all. Every day, she thought I was an intruder, even when I showed her pictures of us in happier times.
By Julie Lacksonen5 months ago in Fiction
The Conundrum
My plan was all in place. If it worked out, I would be financially stable, probably for the rest of my life. It was a solid business model, grounded on proven strategies, designed for the 21st century. Now, all I had to do was sell it to the company owner, Preston Hewitt. I had never met him in person. My rung was much too low on the ladder.
By Julie Lacksonen5 months ago in Fiction
Just another night
It was an afternoon like any other. I clocked out and plodded my way to the elevator with all the other zombies working the fifth floor of the Screw You Insurance Company. The real name was Secure You, but no one on the fifth floor called it that.
By Julie Lacksonen6 months ago in Fiction
