A SILHOUETTE — NOT A NAME

THE DOORMAN

STAGE DOOR LOG

SETTINGby the propped-open stage door, clipboard in hand

Three came in tonight. Two with seals.— SIGNATURE

Procedural ledger of what arrived at the Cup tonight. The Doorman keeps the brick. The Doorman keeps the count. Doesn’t open anything — that’s the Narrator’s job.

A brick. Same brick. Different night.

the doorman

RECENT BACKSTAGE FILES — BY THE DOORMAN

Backstage has no reporters. Just silhouettes. Just the cup on the milk crate by the stage door, and whoever happens to be tired enough to drop a letter through the lid tonight.

DROP A STORY