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Submitted to Contest #298
William held tulips while he waited outside the café.Liz, his girlfriend, used to say that light pink was reminiscent of clean pages and peaceful mornings. He checked his phone while standing beneath the awning, then again as if the screen had malfunctioned and he had missed her message.Nothing.The weight of the spring rain caused the tulips to slowly droop.“She failed to appear?” Later, when he leaned back on the couch with his phone against his face, James, his friend, asked, his voice filled with quiet concern."She has been depressed late...
Submitted to Contest #294
"I am completely done with this kind of work," Mark said, taking in the air like a drowning man. His chest heaved, and sweat clung to his skin despite the cool night. He removed the extra garments he'd worn and tossed them onto the passenger seat as he struggled for his keys. His phone vibrated. "Is it done?" Mark swallowed with a dry throat. "Yes." "Look at your checklist." A pause. "Tell me you have everything in your possession." Mark rushed through it, his fingers quivering as he pulled out the crumpled list. "A knife, gloves, broken gla...
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