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Submitted to Contest #211
Sister Bernadette was not particularly brave or strong like a bear, despite her namesake. She was, however, clever like a fox, which served her much better in a place where power marked you as prey worse than any weakness ever could. She flexed her stiff hands around the polished wooden handles of her armchair, considering when the right time was to make her move. Her back was straight and her gaze steady, the very picture of poise and grace. Inside, however, she trembled like a leaf clinging to a branch in a thunderstorm. “Can you...
Submitted to Contest #209
There was not enough money or human capacity for patience contained in this earthly world to make this job worth it. Especially not with the measly daily stipend Briel was about to completely blow through at a gas station on a state line so unremarkable, he couldn’t remember which side he was on. If he hadn’t owed his aunt a favor- the kind of looming favor that would strip away every ounce of joy if you ignored it and tried to sunbathe on the beach, which Briel knew, because he had tried-he would have been back on the sand as fast a...
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