Music Meets Prose is our weekly bite-size prose feature on fictional stories inspired by real life behind-the-scenes events in the music industry.
Our prose this week is entitled Vixen - a three-part short story. Look out for our prose features every Friday.
Our prose this week is entitled Vixen - a three-part short story. Look out for our prose features every Friday.
Vixen
Written by Bemi
Abstract artwork by Zaahira
By the age of 30, the demand slowed down. There were
much younger up and coming video vixens and no amount of botox injections could
make her look as young as an 18-year-old.
The problem with relying on a pretty face is that
the aging process eventually takes its natural course. And so, she was turned
away from video shoots because she looked nothing like the heavily photoshopped
pictures she sent in.
Finally, her agent told her she was too old to be a
video vixen - she couldn’t even be an extra as her boobs were starting to sag
in a bikini. That was it! Retirement at age 30 and she didn’t even have a
retirement plan.
What does a pretty 30-year-old girl in Los Angeles with
no college degree or real work experience do next? Well, hook-up with a wealthy
man. Okay so he was married, at least she wasn’t looking to take him away from
his family. It was a very simple arrangement – she needed money and he needed
companionship. That was how Lina started a relationship with Don Sormmers.
Don had watched a lot of music videos she appeared
in and was obsessed with her. Lina in turn enjoyed the attention and financial
security from her doting admirer. It was the perfect symbiotic relationship….
until Don passed away in a fatal car accident.
The third and final part will be posted next Friday (November 7th)
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