Angela Morales, author of The Girls in My Town, lives in Pasadena, California. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Review, The Southwest Review, The Southern Review, The Harvard Review, and other publications. Currently she is working on a new collection of essays.
Angela Morales
Articles by Angela Morales
Thursday July 6
from The Girls in My Town
With the fortune-teller’s words echoing in my head, I told myself to fight like a warrior. Screaming felt good. I screamed until my throat became sandpaper.