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Submitted to Contest #169
Who would guess a jack- o’- lantern carved to look like Edgar Allan Poe would become an internet sensation? The carver, Velveeta Cooksey of the little town of Rhodie (named after rhodendrons) in the Pacific Northwest, had captured Poe’s strange, off kilter, asymmetrical face in the media of pumpkin. Most people didn’t know that Poe’s face was off-balance. Velveeta did, because when she was a teenager reading horror stories, she looked up Poe on the internet to see what he looked like. Her brother. who was snooping over her should...
Submitted to Contest #157
THE RING OF TRUTH “Matt, bud, will you design a ring for me? I’m going to propose to Angie,” said Randy, a beseeching grin on his face. He sat across from his friend Matt as they chatted and hoisted beer at an outdoor garden restaurant. The summer sun beamed down on Randy in a flattering way, its rays highlighting his reddish-gold hair, his wide smile and pearly-white, crooked front teeth, whose lack of symmetry inexplicably made him even handsomer. Two day’s worth of stubble on his tanned face emphasized his rugged good looks. “You’re...
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