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This Time of Year

Kira Harlow

Submitted to Contest #283

Please note, this story centers around grief with a brief mention of alcohol use as a coping mechanism. Violence is implied without any explicit description. Christmas is the time of year for bright colors, pine needles, and unexpected, unwarranted acts of goodwill. It’s the time of year for warm mugs of hot cocoa with marshmallows floating on the surface, pillowy, soft, and white, ugly Christmas sweaters with too many loose threads, overpriced family dinners out and reheated leftovers paired with an already opened bottle of wine. You can’t...

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