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Submitted to Contest #299
I hate this assignment.I hate this assignment.I hate this assignment. Charlotte stares at what she typed on the computer. She’s regressed to fourth-grade behavior because of this project. After backspacing and erasing the words from the screen, she gets up from her desk and heads to the kitchen. Coffee. Need coffee. Leaning against the kitchen island, she looks out the window above the sink and thinks as she sips. She has to write a humorous short story for her creative writing class. The teacher distributed the assignment a week ago, and it...
Submitted to Contest #298
Lillian stares at the raised three-by-six-foot empty bed of earth with dismay. Behind and beside her, others' plots display a profusion of color, greenery, and life. Hers, much like the plot where she buried her husband six months ago, is a bleak, dark space. "Enough of that", thinks Lillian, straightening her spine. "I resolved to make a fresh start, to think positively and restart my life." Her wheelbarrow is parked beside her, stuffed with gardening supplies. She removes bags of compost, sand, vermiculite, and perlite. She clips the label...
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