JV Writes

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“The Curse of Knowing” by JV Writes

Submitted to Contest #48

It had been 2,557 days since the last time I lit up a cigarette. It was the same day I gave up drinking. The day the man I loved proposed. The day I finally confessed to him my secret. Now, seven years later, I stood outside the chapel, taking a break from the chaos of being the Maid of Honor. The crisp mountain air of winter in Colorado burned my lungs. I let the smoke release through my nose in one long, slow exhale. "Well, isn't this an interesting sight," My brother-in-law Dave appeared next to me as I leaned on the railing. "Haven'...

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Johnny is an aspiring author working to update classic pulp fiction tropes for the modern age. He once paid for a taxi in New York City with a stick of gum, played basketball with Buddhist monks, and runs a popular YouTube channel for knitting. After traveling the world he settled in Estonia, where he enjoys a good steam sauna, smoking hookah, and sipping on cocktails made from local gin.