Judy Alexander

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“I Can't Sleep” by Judy Alexander

Submitted to Contest #224

(This story contains sensitive subject matter. It deals with the current war going on between Israel and Hamas. There is not explicit violence but it does talk about what Hamas did on October 7) I can’t sleep. It’s not all that unusual for me. When I turned sixty-six five years ago my sleep patterns changed and insomnia set in. Most nights I count backward from 200 and generally get back to sleep. But tonight felt different. I just felt something wasn’t right. Maybe it was nerves–I was trying to memorize my lines for a play I was recently ca...

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