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Submitted to Contest #294
DISCLAIMER: this story is heavily inspired by Jeffery McDaniel’s “The Quiet World” 167 words a day, 7 words an hour. I save them for my lover- hundreds of miles away, Now here, in front of my father- I know I have to say something.His trembling hand reaches out to mine. For the first time, I notice how bones jut from his sagging skin, how breath rattles in his hollow chest, how his frail frame lays slack in the hospital bed. “I miss when you’d talked to me” he rasps so quietly I have to lean in to hear, “I wish you’d use just a few words a d...
Submitted to Contest #290
I almost think our government has made a mistake, because how could it be possible they’re letting me, at only 18 years of age, become a creative writer? But that isn’t possible, our government is precise, exact, and rational- there’s no reason to doubt them, never has been. I smile, “Evelynn!” I call out to my caretaker, of course I’ll miss her when I go off to work but it’s not an awful big deal.Evelynn isn’t even really my parent, ever since our government realized how painful the loss of a loved one was they fixed things right away. Toda...
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