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Shadow of My Father.(short story)(Short Story)
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Canadian Fiction Magazine
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January 1, 2000
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- BRACKEN, MICHAEL
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2000 Canadian Fiction Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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MY FATHER VISITS MY ROOM each night. He stands naked in the open doorway staring at me, the light from the hallway behind him sending tendrils of his shadow across my bed. I lie facing the wall, my knees drawn up to my chin, pretending to sleep.
Some nights he turns away, returning to the warmth of his own bed, where my mother lies snoring, her greying hair bound up in curlers and her worn flannel gown twisted around the whale-like girth of her body.
Other nights he comes to me, lifting the heavy quilt away from my shoulders and pulling it back. I clutch the thin sheet to my neck, but my father pries it from my grasping fingers. Then he lays behind me on the single bed ...
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