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Submitted to Contest #270
((Content Warning: Death of a Child)) There is the ghost of an eight-year-old girl who lives in my attic. Not everyone who is haunted knows who haunts them and why. But I do. Dear reader - let me tell you. I know. And she is most certainly upset with me. My ghost has blond ponytails and wears a pink Hello Kitty shirt. She has little jean shorts that go up to her bellybutton. Her fingernail polish is neon colored and chipping away, and her skinny, broken matchstick legs – toes pointing in different directions – are period punctuated with ...
Submitted to Contest #269
New York TimesNEW YORK       SUNDAY     AUGUST 21, 2011A violin valued at over 3 million dollars was turned in to the authorities this week. The instrument, the Davidov-Stradivarius, was stolen 16 years ago from the home of Erica Morini. The authorities have never had any leads. 1926The music from her violin flittered from the stage like twinkling pink sunset light off a rippling pond. Tiny glossy notes followed each other from instrument to ear. I hadn’t planned to go to the symphony t...
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