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Submitted to Contest #318
‘Can I get a caramel frappuccino with soy milk, low-fat cream, chocolate flakes, and one of those matcha brownies?’ Elliot nods, barely listening as he goes through the motions. The customer taps her manicured nails against the counter, then flicks her hair into place. Elliot recognises her. Tabitha. Works in media. She shows up every morning before her shift, hoping to bump into the city’s biggest celebrity: Captain Valor. This is his favourite coffee shop, after all.Luckily for her, he hadn’t shown up yet this morning.The TV blares on the ...
Submitted to Contest #315
BUZZZZZZZGeorge nearly jumps out of his baggy blue scrubs. No, no, no. Not again. It’s only 3 a.m. (exactly 3 .a.m., in fact), and this shift’s already been a belter. First, there was the old man who’d broken his hip as a nurse guided him into bed. Then there’d been the lady, riddled with dementia, who tried to scalp George for checking her patient-identifying wristband, and finally, this:EMERGENCY. CARDIAC ARREST. George’s shoulders slump. He can’t take this anymore. But in just six hours, he won’t have to. In six hours, he’s out of a job, ...
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