“‘How come they don’t ask about costumes?’ Carly Beth asked.
‘Costumes?’
‘This one guy I was dating a while ago only wanted to do it if I wore a pantsuit and he wore a Donald Trump mask.’
Karen kept her head down and said in a voice she hoped was neutral, ‘You can always type in your own comments. Just press F4.’“
Enjoy this audio recording of “The BADASS Study (Behavior and Demographics of Actively Sexual Seniors)” by Sue Pace from Vol. 32:3 of CALYX Journal! This short story won the 2020 Margarita Donnelly Prize for prose writing and can be read in its entirety here. Buy the full issue here.
Sue Pace’s prose, poetry and personal essays have been published in Australia, the UK, and the USA. She was born and raised in rural Washington State but has lived north of Seattle for decades. Her collection of related short stories, Driving Sharon Crazy, is available through Amazon.