Marino Bubba

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“Dancing with the Devil” by Marino Bubba

Submitted to Contest #152

Jerry Jacobson was having a bad day. This wasn’t in itself an uncommon occurrence (he had bad days like he had Cheerios for supper), nor was this day exceptional in its badness, but it was unique in being the last unremarkably yet unquestionably bad day Jerry Jacobson was willing to put up with. So, on this particular bad day, Jerry Jacobson drove his dying Ford Taurus through the intersection of Main Street and Maple Lane and, instead of turning right into the subsequent cul-de-sac as he had done every day at 5:13 PM for as long as he car...

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The world is a beautifully tragic comedy and I'm just trying to make sense of it.