A flash story about a bored teenage clothing store clerk that is hoping something will happen to end her boring afternoon shift. Maybe the two customers that walked into her department will need her help and relieve some of the boredom of fluffing and folding the same clothes over and over.
Fascinated by the playwright, Tennessee Williams, and determined to follow in his footsteps, fourteen-year-old Hollywood actor Joey Harris wins the role of Tom in a Christmas of 1954 Pasadena Theatre children's production of "The Glass Menagerie." To get the role Joey has to lay down for his agent and for the production's director, who claims he can nurture Joey as much as he did Tennessee Williams. Joey recognizes what is needed to make it in Hollywood.
His disease was emotional. Hers was in her pancreas. Algebra brought them together. The earth tried to eat her. Then he learned to eat her, and they lived in their sex palace. There's a fairy godmother, Bluetooth, and auto financing. Excess happy tears. And a medical breakthrough. Also, horses.