Kristina Bergen

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“Home for Christmas” by Kristina Bergen

Submitted to Contest #178

Specialist Ben Grant tapped his finger against the blue arm rest twice before opening the ticket folder once again. The gate on the ticket still matched, but he seemed to be the only one to notice that they were supposed to be boarding ten minutes ago. He sat back, sat forward again, and bounced his knee. The woman at the counter kept her eyes down. She calmly flipped a piece of paper over. She lifted the P.A. mic to her mouth, lowered it again, and flipped the paper. The red bowtie at her neck tilted slightly, an indication of humanity to ...

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Student in the Master's in Fine Arts program for Fiction at the University of Nevada, Reno.