I Read Stories: Main Drain by Joanna Theiss

Main Drain by Joanna Theiss in Barren

Joan returns to the town she lived in when small and gets a job at swim camp, looking after younger kids. One of them gets into trouble and has to be rescued by the lifeguard.

Then she meets Melody who knew her when she was young and remembers her as the girl who drowned and that’s not exactly right and not exactly why she took the job.

Read This: Past, Present and Future come together around a moment that is not quite pivotal but is important
Don’t Read This: You’d like the importance of the moment pinned down