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Submitted to Contest #308
A Friday evening in San Jose during the COVID lockdown, and the neighbors were desperate to get out of the house. Four of them sat in lawn chairs six feet apart on Glen’s driveway, nobody wearing masks, as they drank beer, talked about vaccines, neighbors who had moved out, and the 49’ers quarterback prospects. Glen had a SF Giants hat on, but there wasn’t much talk about baseball. Glen had taught school near here and finally become a principal. Now he was retired but still did school events and had yard signs for every bond issue on the bal...
Submitted to Contest #306
Dan was helping Len Saunders, the retired accountant and father of his friend Janet, investigate an embezzlement at a little nonprofit in his Sierra town. Dan had a cunning plan. "Let's disable the bank account and see who calls Customer Service!"After some persuasion from the local police, Heather, the bank VP, agreed to do this. Next Monday afternoon, Heather called Len.“Mr. Saunders, we did have a couple calls for customer support on that account. Do you have a pencil ready?” She proceeded to give him the times and phone numbers of the ca...
Submitted to Contest #305
You just don't quit a theatrical production no matter how awful it gets. The show must go on. But here I was, struggling with that. I was in the chorus for Carmen. I'd done other operas but Carmen was always my dream. It's not about kings and queens and noble sons; it's about a gypsy girl who seduces Don José, a Spanish soldier, and leads him to ruin. And it has the Toreador Song, which my dad used to sing a parody of ("Oh Leonora, don't spit on the floor-a, use the cuspidor-a, that's-a what it's for-a"). The chorus gets to contribute to the...
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