15 Views of Orlando: Part 8 (of 15)

Location:  Little Vietnam

The Beginning is a bottle, a brown-bagged 32 oz I gave to Grandpa on the day I swallowed him whole. He thought he could outdo me, jumping across the lake like that. And when the Waterford shoppers got angry at us for taking off our clothes, I tugged my nipple ring and made a dress to wear out of Water and Earth. Then I folded Grandpa into a small rectangle, thin as a sheet of paper, and slipped him in my pocket as I walked down Colonial.

15 Views of Orlando has been stolen from the tubes of the Internet and is now in book form, due out on 1/31/12.
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About the Author:

Ashley Inguanta earned her MFA from the University of Central Florida and has taught several Introduction to Creative Writing courses at the university level. She has also worked as a Creative Writing Instructor at Lakeside Alternative, a mental health facility. Most recently, her photography has appeared in make/shift magazine.  Ashley is also a contributing photographer for SmokeLong Quarterly. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly, Pindeldyboz, Elephant Journal, Breadcrumb Scabs, and All Things Girl. She recently earned an Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train for their Very Short Fiction Award.  Also this year, Ashley has been nominated as UCF’s choice for the AWP Intro Journals Award in fiction.  Her short-short “Trash” is forthcoming in Gone Lawn. Soon, she hopes to find a good home for her first experimental fiction collection, Wires and Light. You can visit her at http://ashleyinguanta.wordpress.com.