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Lacy Pierce

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Breaking Away Into Purpose

Lacy Pierce

Submitted to Contest #57

My family has had a tradition of all of the women getting married at 20 since we can remember. I’m almost 20 and I don’t even have a boyfriend. I don’t think I even want to get married at all! I just want to travel the world and get paid to do it. Mother applauds me and secretly encourages me. But since I’m a girl, Dad just wants-more like expects- me to stay in this dump of a town, get married and have at least two kids. He doesn’t even care that I probably wouldn’t make a good mom. He just cares about keeping up the “moral stan...

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An AA Eucharistic Experience

Lacy Pierce

Submitted to Contest #56

Trigger warnings: alcoholism, addiction “Hi, I’m Jennie, I’m an alcoholic.” ”Hi, Jennie.” The familiar solemn tone of the room rang all around. To Jennie, it was the sound of reassurance as she could feel her addiction sitting in the back of her mind. Tonight, however, she was excited to introduce the two new people, Jay Trucker and Farrah Tye. Jay was an older man and sitting in the back of the room shaking and sweating. Jennie felt her stomach drop and near tears. She remembered being in Jay’s shoes in detox two years a...

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An Unexpected Comeback

Lacy Pierce

Submitted to Contest #54

“My Buddy lies over the ocean/my Buddy lies over the sea/my Buddy lies over the ocean/Oh bring back my Buddy to me…” It’s been over 60 years since I’ve seen him. My sweetheart of a man, Buddy Tolen. We had chaperoned dates throughout our last two years of high school. But then he got shipped off to the War and I haven’t seen or heard from or anything about him ever since. It really broke my heart. But I knew that he needed to do what he needed to do to keep our country free. So I went to work as a secretary and bus driver w...

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Mournful Future

Lacy Pierce

Submitted to Contest #53

Alex and Sarah had been trying to enjoy what they knew would probably be their last few months together. They had been friends since first grade and together for the last two years. Alex had always known that she’d preferred girls. Sarah had tried to date a couple of boys. She liked them okay as friends but just could never get as excited about them as most of the other girls in her and Alex’s class. Alex was the same way. The town that they lived in, Blue Ridge, Georgia, was a small one of less than 2,000 people and it was full of b...

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The Discovery of Lilith

Lacy Pierce

Submitted to Contest #52

Zaida I will never forget the day I found my daughter, Lilith. I had finished updating the books from the day before in the general manager, Tom Zele’s office. A major blizzard had been predicted for that day so almost everything was closed. The shelves were somewhat empty from the usual pre-blizzard rush. The blizzard turned out to be a wet ten inches of snow. I had just finished updating the books when the electricity shut off. I had never known that it could get so cold and creepy in a grocery store! What if a home...

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