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Submitted to Contest #78
Henry ran his thumb down the page to turn to the end of the book. His eyes beamed laterally, anticipating each and every following word. His spectacles rested on the lower bridge of his nose. His grey beard stretched down to the bottom of the page. The outdoor cafe he sat in was nonexistent to him. The deep black coffee at attention before him, long turned cold, was adjacent to the pain au chocolat, missing just a nibble. “Monsieur?” the waitress asked, “monsieur?” She had been standing in front of Henry for only a few moments but she...
Submitted to Contest #73
Tick-tick-tick! “What’s that?” he questioned. Peering to the frozen window. Al sat forward from the corner of the fireplace room. He had been sunken into his own mind possibly for hours. The fire cracking and dwindling to his right. The glaring light from the flames licking most of the small office, illuminating the library, massive obsidian desk, and other modern installments. The shadows cast from the flames provided silent company for Al as he leaned back into his corner. He preferred to call it his numbing nook. He was nursing a rather ...
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