“Can’t a girl get a proper cup of tea around here?” asked Katherine.
“Sorry Miss, we only have black coffee.”
“It’s just flavored hot water, no need to act like it’s highfalutin. But I do have very refined tastes when it comes to my beverages.”
“Look, lady, this is jail.”
Carolyn Smuts taught history before fleeing academic life to write. Her work has appeared in SELF, Glamour, Creative Living, Ultimate Motorcycling, and Business Week. Her recent fiction works were published by Akashic Books, Jitter Press, Wordland, and Omnific. She lives in Southern California.
Nice story. I guess that is a good reason to keep out of prison.
It’s certainly a cautionary tale. I always knew prisons were places where the inmates were subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment, but I never wanted to believe it was this bad. Thank you for shinning a light on this. It’s really made me think twice about committing a crime in the future. It’s just not worth it. Very funny – Well done!
Nice Story,
But I do like black coffee.
Doubt if it’s very good in jail.
Of course there’s lots of places it’s not very good.