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Submitted to Contest #293
This plane is humming like a dying refrigerator. It’s a low, grinding buzz, and it’s rattling my skull. This flight is supposed to last nearly four hours, but this plane sounds like it won’t last four minutes.Given the current state of the FAA, this fear is not unfounded. Paroxysms of anxiety race through my being. I try thinking of something else.I’m slouched in 22C, window seat, right across from the toilet. I’m staring at the wing like it’s gonna sprout feathers and fly off on its own. Maybe the wing will just detach from the plane. It co...
Submitted to Contest #287
I met Frank for lunch today at the First Hill Diner, just up Madison from the bar. He said he needed to talk about something. His voice sounded urgent. So I told him I’d get my co-owner to cover for me and that I'd meet up with him at 1:00 pm.I think Frank is the most neurotic man in the world. That isn’t meant to disparage, because I’m rather neurotic myself. I dealt with anxiety problems after I got divorced, and Frank took to me because he seemed to know of what I spoke.Birds of a feather.But Frank boils over with anxiety, insecurity, and...
Submitted to Contest #286
West 7th street stretched off Hoover, a block north of where the Stratford Hotel held court over the Koreatown neighborhood, right before the Winchell’s, which anchored the shopping plaza on the corner and welcomed motorists and pedestrians alike to Heidi’s Los Angeles ‘ville, a canvas of black asphalt, faded green and blue buildings, and worn red, yellow, and orange tarps over decrepit tents baking in the harsh sun as a single cloud hovered overhead, mocking the glare with it’s promise of paltry shade. Heidi sighed while waiting for an oppo...
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