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Drew Winston

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Grounded Ambitions

Drew Winston

Submitted to Contest #235

As the taxi sped away, Lawrence dashed into the airport, eager to put the peculiar encounter with Walter behind him. Inside the bustling airport, Lawrence's strides turned into a sprint. He ran at full speed, his mind a chaotic swirl of thoughts. Oddly, the encounter with Walter lingered more prominently than the pressing matter of catching his flight. Images of Walter's optimistic grin and his harebrained business idea, 'links.com,' played on a loop in Lawrence's mind. While sprinting through the bustling airport, Lawrence couldn't shake ...

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A Fare to Forget

Drew Winston

Submitted to Contest #234

The frigid air bit into Lawrence Hastings' skin as he hurriedly flagged down a taxi outside his office. He was running out of time to make his flight. His briefcase clutched in one hand, he flung open the door and slid into the backseat, only sparing a quick glance at the driver before burying his face in his notes. He was scheduled to give a presentation on estate planning at a conference in Chicago and needed every minute he could get to review his notes. The taxi pulled away from the curb, and that's when he first heard it – a jovial v...

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To Lie Against Yourself

Drew Winston

Submitted to Contest #95

“Jamison!” the guard called out. His head peeked through a small window in the dormitory door.A hush fell over the room where about a dozen men had been congregating. It was a large room with concrete floors and walls. Bunk beds took up most of the floor space. Leland Jamison hopped down from the top of his bunk bed where he had been reading an action novel. Leland had lived in this room for almost five years. It was a protective custody dorm and he had been assigned here shortly after being sentenced. He and all of the men who lived here we...

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The Child Support Blues

Drew Winston

Submitted to Contest #87

It was the day of Tiffany’s seventeenth birthday party. That was when Janelle decided how she would trick Robert one year later to the day. She was going to lie and tell him that his daughter had been in a bad car accident. The doctors were not sure if she would recover, she would say. That would teach him for being such a stingy, selfish bastard. Ever since the divorce, Robert had been a jerk. But it was his behavior at the birthday party that he put Janelle over the edge. He surprised Janelle and Tiffany by coming at all, since he live...

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Planting Season

Drew Winston

Submitted to Contest #86

Content warning: domestic abuse “Don’t forget to change the clocks on Saturday night,” Betsy said. “I’m so ready for spring.” Betsy and Sue stood outside the grocery store parking lot. "You know what that means," Sue said. "Planting season is right around the corner. Soon that’s all our husbands will be talking about." Betsy nodded and smiled. “It also means it's time to start thinking about summer plans," she said. "I thought about it long and hard but decided Katy is still young for overnight camp. Paul loves camp Hala...

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The Overnight Parking Ban

Drew Winston

Submitted to Contest #85

Melanie lived in a small apartment building on Whitlow Street. The first time Lauren arrived to stay over at Melanie’s house it was a Saturday afternoon. She parallel parked between two other cars. She didn’t give much thought to where she would park. She was too enchanted by the new relationship. The next morning, Lauren found a fifty dollar parking ticket for overnight parking. The ticket confused her because didn’t know she couldn't park overnight. She looked around and saw that all the other cars on the street had tickets too. ...

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