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Submitted to Contest #314
Trigger Warning: This story includes descriptions of war injuries, emotional trauma, grief, and loss. Thomas Jackson, age seven:Scary things happen at night. At least, that’s what little Tommy had always believed. When the Dog Star rose in the summer sky, burning brighter than all the others, pushing away the Sun’s happy glow and casting its strange, watchful light upon barren hearts and broken homes, little Tommy cried. His mother once told him it was a guardian star that watched over children during the Dog Days of Summer, but little Tommy...
Submitted to Contest #255
The aura of the restaurant was immaculate, with soft jazz gracing our ears and delicious aromas tingling our senses. And with quick service too. A waiter comes over with a glass of water, placing it in front of me. “Oh, one for my wife too, please,” I request. A puzzled look crosses the waiter’s face, glancing at the beautiful woman across from me. For a moment, he hesitates. Nevertheless, the waiter bows his head in acknowledgment and scurries off. A soft smile takes up my wife’s face, wrinkles lining the corners of her eyes, displaying the...
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