Melissa Behrend

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“You've been chosen” by Melissa Behrend

Submitted to Contest #210

“You’ve been chosen” the subject line stated. No punctuation, no specification as to what she’d been chosen for. The sender? A large hardware chain. What in the world would she want them to choose her for? she thought. Nothing, that’s what. She marked the email as spam and closed her laptop, never giving the missive another thought.     “You’ve been chosen” greeted her once again the next morning, bright and early. She hadn’t had her coffee yet, so she nearly opened the damn thing without even looking, but then she n...

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“The Alcoholic Husband” by Melissa Behrend

Submitted to Contest #210

“Are you going to have another drink?” I say as he pauses The Lincoln Lawyer again. I hate it when he does that. He’ll pause it a dozen times; getting up to get a drink, a snack, to pee. Once or twice, sure, fine. But it’s never once or twice with him. “Yes, I am. What’s it to you?” he asks. “What do you mean, what’s it to me? I’m also here, watching this show, and I’d like to actually watch it.” He gets up and walks toward the kitchen. As soon as I think he’s out of earshot, I call him an alcoholic under my breath. He hears me, bu...

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