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Submitted to Contest #314
The sun burned white above the rusted tin roof. It pressed down on our cages like a giant invisible paw, heavy and mean. I was lying on my side, panting. My babies were piled against me, warm and wriggly and quiet. Too quiet. They didn’t cry anymore. They were learning. The cage was small, too small for all of us. I was watching the big door, as I always was. All the dogs that went through that door never came back. I could hear them screaming before everything became silent again.Flies buzzed around the water bowl, stale and almost empty. T...
Submitted to Contest #312
As she entered the kitchen, she thought about how long it had been since she had seen her son.He had moved away for work almost a year ago, and the only way she could speak with him was through conference calls. All this long-distance really made her miss him a lot.Sure, they talked every day, but it just wasn’t the same as being able to hug him when he visited. She missed her son.She poured herself a cup of coffee and sat at the table. A young nurse stepped in quietly, offering a reassuring smile as she opened the laptop and clicked through...
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