Based loosely on my father’s stories of his brief experience as a young door-to-door vacuum salesman, and the hopelessness he encountered in his potential customers. But where my father could do little to help with a vacuum, I wanted to place my salesman in a position where he could truly make a difference.
Door to Portal placed third in the short story category of the 2022 National Capital Writing Contest, and received the highest rating (three stars) from the 2022 Tangent Online Reading List!
Free to read online in DreamForge Anvil Issue 10 – or available in print via Amazon in DreamForge Magazine issue 11.
