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Submitted to Contest #222
“This was not a good idea,” Annie muttered as she tried to see through her rain splattered windshield into the darkness around her. “I should have just stayed home.” But she was not home. She was currently trying to navigate a “short cut” through back roads to her friend’s charity event. What she would like to be was home cuddled up with a cup of tea, her book, and her cat; but Mari, a fellow teacher, was insistent that Annie try to break out of her self-induced shell and come be social with her. This rainy, back road navigational nightmare ...
Submitted to Contest #207
Sara listened to her last, pure note as it sailed past the stained glass windows and reverberated through the church. She sighed happily. “That was wonderful!” Emily Clapman, who was 85 and deaf in one ear, said enthusiastically. “You are so talented!” “Thank you, Emily,” Sara responded warmly. Now to get out of here and head home. “Good night, Sara.” “Good night,” Sara replied to the conductor as he gathered his music. “Drive safely.” Her inner voice added, “And it’s Sah-rah, not Sair-ra for the upteenth time.” Sara gathered her ...
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