The Girl in The Green Dress

Matthew Donnellon
The Inkwell
Published in
4 min readMay 2, 2021

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Photo by Jason Yoder on Unsplash

I rolled into town, having spent the week down state, happy for the start of another weekend.

Just as I arrived the fog off the lake grew thicker and thicker, snaking its ghostly tendrils through the small northern town.

I was glad for the fog. It might make for some good photos later, especially near the water. But first I had to make my way out to the woods to see an unusual friend.

It’d been a few weeks since I’d seen her, but I didn’t relish the thought of hiking on an empty stomach so I entered the little cafe on the outskirts of town.

I was sitting down when I realized the cafe was far more crowded than normal. It was filled with large men wearing bright orange and yellow uniforms. I pegged them as loggers or construction workers.

“That’s crazy Sam,” the proprietor said from behind the counter.

“I swear. We all saw it.”

“And a woman did all this?”

That intrigued me. I knew of a woman who could cause trouble for a group of loggers.

“What happened?” I asked, fumbling for my press pass, “I’m a reporter. Well sort of.”

“Some crazy lady attacked us out in the woods.”

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Matthew Donnellon
The Inkwell

Matthew Donnellon is a writer, artist, and sit down comedian. He is the author of The Curious Case of Emma Lee and Other Stories.