dispatch five, "Low Tide Gurgling Against the Breeze" by Jackie Corley, is an atypical New Jersey story of sex and violence. Here is the first paragraph:
Jack hasn't told me what he's called me here for yet. For three weeks, he kept away from my emails and messages. He thinks he's doing me a favor now. Maybe he is. When my cell phone rang, I was dry heaving in my bedroom, stomach clenched, nails digging into the dark rose carpet. I couldn't figure out what I was ruined for, but hearing his sloppy vowels on the line pulled the blood back into my limbs. Stuffing a few requested bills in my pocket, I headed out to Holmdel Motor Lodge's Room 114.
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