Linda Buckmaster has lived within a block of the Atlantic Ocean most of her life, growing up on the Space Coast of Florida and residing for the past several decades in mid-coast Maine. Her work has been included in over forty journals, including previously on Fantastic Floridas. She writes about “Florida, boomer women, life in Maine, and whatever else comes to mind” at on her blog.
I was so innocent that my first thought was he didn’t know he was exposed. But the way he was staring at me so fixedly soon made me realize it was on purpose.
...back then everyone knew that what happened on the Space Coast stayed on the Space Coast. I wonder, though, what happened if you actually lived here? Does what happened just stay there forever?