Jennifer Peña

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“The Slice” by Jennifer Peña

Submitted to Contest #100

Tonight’s dinner was served with a side sprinkle of tears. Agatha wasn’t normally the crying type, just like Vance wasn’t normally in town, sitting at her dining table as he was tonight. But Vance’s favorite dish called for a full pan of caramelized onions, which left Agatha chopping and crying over her cutting board earlier this evening.  But that was all behind them now. Agatha set the serving dish down at the center of the round table. With no cover to protect the unpolished wooden surface from the sauce dripping down the sides of ...

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22 | Writer (currently working on a magical realism novel) and reader of slice-of-life fiction | Current graduate student Welcome! I hope you enjoy my stories. Feedback is appreciated! :)