with its rooms the size of closets, and the windows show rusty snow, and now I wait some more and wait some more as they look at my X- rays where they pointed body-bag-colored cameras at my spinal guts, cervical and thoracic fetish – hold still – and I thought of how to hold onto stillness, to grasp it like a kicking fish in Lake Michigan when I was nine, and now I wait some more, and wait some more, the snow all falling horizontally, as if the world is on its side, and the walls are the color of lab coats, and then, finally, the chiro- practor comes out and says, Yes, well, unfortunately, there’s nothing we can do for your neck, and I think of them doing nothing, and wonder if they will do a good job at doing nothing, because I only want the finest; then I leave, walking into the confetti of ghosts sharpening snow.
Perhaps best-known for her iconic role of Linda in the classic horror movie, The Evil Dead, Betsy Baker has earned numerous television, film, and stage credits, including The Conners, HBO’s Sharp Objects, Amazon’s Hand of God, Grey’s Anatomy, 9-1-1: Lonestar, NCIS, Baskets, and more. Her television ads include Geico, Walmart, Florida Orange Juice, Ally Bank, and others – learn more about Betsy’s acting and production credits on her IMDB page.
Betsy has also worked as an elementary school vocal teacher to more than 1,500 students per week for over 20 years; she’s currently writing short stories and children’s poetry as well.
Her favorite job? Spending time being a grandma to her two young grandchildren, who make her smile and laugh every day.
Ron Riekki has been awarded the 2022 Pushcart Prize, along with a(n) Michigan Notable Book Award, Best Small Fictions Award, Shenandoah Fiction Prize, IPPY Award, Red Rock Film Fest Award, Best of the Net (finalist), Très Court International Film Festival Audience Award and Grand Prix, Dracula Film Festival Vladutz Trophy, and Rhysling Anthology inclusion. Riekki co-edited The Many Lives of The Purge, which is a nominee for The Eiffel Award: The Year’s Best Books on Film.