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Submitted to Contest #310
Ada looked up at the warehouse, scanning the tall, graffiti-covered walls and rusty bars that stretched across broken windows. The wind blew through her sweater and tossed a plastic shopping bag across the empty parking lot, lodging it in a patch of tall grass that grew from cracks in the pavement. She tucked her coffee into the crook of her elbow and rechecked her phone, confirming the address. This was it, 292 Coffman Street. She started to draft an email to Tammy Herstad, the woman who had interviewed her, when a voice made her jump. “Ar...
Submitted to Contest #309
Mr. Gregson shuffled into the window-lit house. Yellow walls reflected light around the kitchen where he set down his duffle bag. He paused, breathing in the still and familiar air. His fingers rubbed at his shadowed eyes. It had been a long week. Crumpled blankets and pillows lay strewn across the living room floor. On the coffee table, an open sleeve of cookies sat next to two water glasses. A picture frame lay on the carpet where it had fallen a few days before. A pile of assorted yarn sat on the kitchen table. Feeling slightly dizzy, he...
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