Georgia Sprague

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“Burgundy Red” by Georgia Sprague

Submitted to Contest #286

It’s dark outside when Jane cracks the egg and holds it, fingers shaking, over the frying pan.Drip, drip, drip…The yellow yolk slides, as if in slow motion, to meet sizzling butter. Bits of eggshell follow after it. Jane wants to pinch the bridge of her nose as the liquid egg mixes with hard bits of shell, and then she wants to scream and cry and shout. But she can’t—not with egg now splattered across her fingers and dripping down her arms. It cascades down, slowly and steadily, as if taunting her.Jane grits her teeth and turns towards the s...

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I am a recent college graduate from Montana State University, earning my B.A. in English Writing. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my stories!