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Submitted to Contest #310
Dr. Greg McIver has an awful lot of things he’s been putting off. Situation normal, he would say, except that it’s a bit worse than usual. He would win Olympic gold if running away from your problems was a sport. Forrest, his long-suffering best friend and seasoned anthropology professor, has got it into his head that Greg ought to write up some kind of academic memoir. Greg's experiences are compelling, Forrest had said. And informative, too. He didn’t specify how.“You take notes, don't you?” Forrest had asked, long ago. “About important th...
Submitted to Contest #309
“Potential Spam,” reads Greg aloud, operating on instinct before the text registers to his eyes. The ‘Spam’ name shows up so much in his call log, he’s surprised he hasn’t been invited to the Mr. and Mrs. Spam wedding yet. But this time, it doesn’t say Potential Spam. It doesn’t say anything at all. The area code is local, which is promising and ominous. Greg doesn’t have time to search for the phone number. Something tells him he shouldn’t reject it. This isn’t the time to succumb to his anxiety-driven nerves. It’s never really the time, b...
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