Jackie Abbott

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“It Might As Well Be 1950” by Jackie Abbott

Submitted to Contest #22

Doctor Emma Charles grabbed her bag off the entry hall bench, petted her French Bulldog, King, and tried to get her ringing phone out of her coat pocket. All while she struggled to get the front door open. When she got her phone out of her pocket, an unsigned birthday card from her father floated to the floor. Her mother’s picture stared up at her from her phone. She glared at both representations of her parents. Then she sent her mother’s call to voicemail as she shoved the card under the bench. With a breath, she opened the door, finally, ...

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A thirty something writer from Oregon. Humanist, reader, and painter. I write stories about broken but still fighting characters.