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Submitted to Contest #268
βI was about the age you are now,β my grandmother began her story, gently crossing her weathered hands in her lap and placing them on the seed stitch blanket she had been diligently working on for what seemed, at the time, like months. βWe used to have a cat, a mean one too-β she looked upset as she said this, βand he would scratch and scratch at me whenever I tried to hold him. He even gave me a scar you can still see, right here,β She pointed to a spot on her wrinkled face, next to her eye. I couldnβt make out any sort of marking but I nod...
Submitted to Contest #113
Rain pattered against glass while I rummaged through old books whose names had become unfamiliar to me. The day seemed to be lasting forever and I wanted nothing more than to be done with it as I continued to scavenge for what I was looking for. I had misplaced it early that morning and I needed it if I wanted to keep my business afloat, improvising could only get me so far. You see, I am, or was, a fortune teller. But lately in the town that I worked in, the big business was in dreams. Little dreams like those we have when we imagine ours...
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