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Submitted to Contest #291
The first time I set fire to something for fun, I couldn’t believe how good it could feel. Watching paper change from white to black to grey, watching it go from something to nearly nothing, was the biggest thrill I’d had since my mother took me to the fair and let me ride the Ferris wheel as many times as I wanted. From the top of the wheel I could see my town from a different vantage point, could see distant hills of emerald green shining brightly in the sun. And I could see my mother and John, or at least I think his name was ...
Submitted to Contest #290
“We met at a bookshop,” Hank says, answering the age-old question. “That’s how you want to start the story of how we met? ‘We met at a bookshop.’” Patricia chides her husband playfully. “Well how would you start the story?” “Depends.” Patricia looks at Joe and Kate. “Do you want the long version or the short?” “The long,” Joe says. “We’ve got time, don’t we Kate?” Kate glances at her watch. It's half past seven and they have the reservation until nine. “Sure.” Kate pours wine into her glass. She’s had a hell of a week. An a...
Submitted to Contest #283
A bouquet of rotting wildflowers sits stiffly on the windowsill. Rigor Mortis has set in. To merely touch the dried leaves would be like taking a hammer to glass or tapping a fingernail against a pyramid of playing cards. Helen, feeling cool from the open window, wraps an afghan snugly across her body. Granny made this. The cacophony of patrons exiting a restaurant from the street below interrupts Helen’s thoughts. She stares blankly outside, barely cognizant of the maple leaves flying effortlessly in the air and splotching the clear blue sk...
Submitted to Contest #280
What’ll it be today Doris, the edges or the insides? I think I’ll do the edges if that’s alright. Sure. So, what did you have for breakfast this morning? Oatmeal again. The cook is still out with the flu and I don’t like the eggs that the new guy makes. Too mushy. Cook’s been out sick for nearly two weeks now ain’t he? Yeah. And you should see his country fried steak. Horrible! So tough you can’t hardly eat it. He don’t know how to beat it and make it tender. Ain’t got the good sense God gave a goose. ...
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