Elizabeth Burnett

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019

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“Death Drives a Lincoln” by Elizabeth Burnett

Submitted to Contest #2

She came for me at the end of that summer. By then the air had a cautious nip to it, leaves rattled their last breath on the trees, and the streets were finally emptied of summer’s revelries.I had decided it was safe to sit out on my porch and read the daily paper while I smoked my favorite cognac barrel-aged cigar. A slick low-ball of whiskey sat on the table beside me, half of its quietude already moving in my veins, warm and slow and comforting in the chill air.The noise of rubber wheels on sidewalk brought me out of the article I was rea...

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