Helena Pantsis

Helena Pantsis (she/they) is a poet and writer from Naarm, Australia. Notably shortlisted for her fiction in the 2020 Above Water Creative Anthology, Helena is a full-time student of psychology and creative writing with a fond appreciation for the gritty, the dark, and the experimental. More of her work can be found at hlnpnts.com.

CRISP EDGES by Helena Pantsis

Bud reached into the chip bag. It crinkled, loud and coarse by the cheap, jagged foil. He dug his hand around the salt-covered potatoes, angling for the perfect one. You never want to start too big. You have to aim for those mid-range chips, the ones the size of a beer bottle’s bottom. He pulled one out, smacked his lips around it, and sucked on the tips of his fingers before going in for another. He couldn’t stop. That’s how they get you, the chip companies, the corporate potato pigs, by drowning their spuds in moreish delicacies that rot your…

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