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JO WITHERS: Best Supporting Actress

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A child star, she’d been acting all her life. She’d played the beautiful princess, the glamorous wife, the sexy secretary.

At 35, roles disappeared.

She booked in quick: nipped, tucked, tightened.

Next audition they loved her: “Perfect cheekbones; sensual pout.” Booked her for a Hollywood blockbuster.

Playing George Clooney’s mother.

Jo Withers writes micros, shorts, and poetry from her home in South Australia. Recent work is featured or forthcoming in Ellipsis Zine, Molotov Cocktail, FlashBack Fiction, Milk Candy Review and Lunate. You can follow Jo on Twitter at @JoWithers2018.

TODD MERCER: Former Child Star

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Oh, I craved it constantly, then a sudden explosion.

The public was fascinated, fawning. I was inside a window of luminosity that broke the law of conservation. More joy flooded from me than I was stocked with.

A brief moment.

Then came the weight, far more than I ever dreamed.

Todd Mercer was nominated for Best of the Net in 2018. Recent work appears in The Magnolia Review, Praxis, and SOFTBLOW Journal.