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Submitted to Contest #80
"Even in November it's freakin' hot in Texas." I said walking into the house. Tina was in the kitchen cooking dinner. I came behind and kissed her neck. She turned kissing me. “It’s only sixty-seven. Stop being a baby. We all set for tomorrow?” She asked. “I'm not being a baby. You know I hate heat. Yes, we're all set. The motor caravan will turn onto Daley plaza at twelve ...
Submitted to Contest #79
It was a cold, rainy night in Laurel, Maryland. The fire was blazing in the fireplace. I had some brie wrapped in prosciutto inside a Pillsbury grand rolls, aged sharp cedar, blue cheese, Italian bread sticks, with two glasses of white Zinfandel on a small table. With smooth jazz playing it was going to be a perfect evening. My love would be home any minute. Tonight was our one year anniversary. My heart...
Submitted to Contest #77
This had to be the coldest and snowiest winter in history. The white flakes just kept on coming like the radio personality would say about hit songs. Where I lived in Pennsylvania the plowing didn't commence until the feverish onslaught of flakes stopped. My family and I were trapped in the house. I felt like Robinson Cureso stranded on an island. We had two children, Rainy age ten and Gus age six. B...
Submitted to Contest #70
How does one atone for something that happened more than fifty years ago? How do you live with a horrific event that haunts you every day of your life? To this day the nightmares still come every once in a while. I haven’t spoken about this in a very long time. It was 1979 and Disco was still going strong with the fancy clubs and hot dance music. I was nineteen and lived in Brooklyn, New York. Every ...
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