"Four-minute Showers" by Dawn McCormack

 — “I cleaned it up, Mommy.”

One small ocean of apple juice had been swabbed over the entire kitchen floor.

Dawn McCormack, a former Spanish teacher, resides in Plainfield, Connecticut. She has been writing for many years. Short story credits include Columbus Single Scene and The Storyteller. While she is currently working on a middle-grade book, she has also had considerable success with her poetry in several publications including, The Avocet (nature), Exit 13 (travel), The Lyric (general), and Illumen (speculative). For speculative writing, she frequently draws upon her dreams.