Dawn DeBraal

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“Spring Thaw” by Dawn DeBraal

Submitted to Contest #35

Gary hauled the trash out from his hardware store. He dumped the can into the dumpster. It was a beautiful day, thirty-eight degrees surely this was the spring thaw. March blew in like a lion but was going out like a lamb. None too soon, he was tired of winter, and short hours of daylight. He wondered about leaving during winter. He was starting to look at places down in Florida near the beach. That would be lovely. He scooped up a shovel full of snow, dumping it on the melting drift behind the store. The water was starting to pool at his ba...

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Dawn DeBraal, lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband, Red, a slightly overweight rat terrier and a cat. She has discovered her love of telling a good story, can be written. You will find her short stories and poems in many online magazines and published anthologies.