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Michael Lund

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Chain

Submitted to Contest #324

Chain As the Nelsons sat on lawn chairs at the end their dock and watched the harvest moon rise over the Persimmon River, Raymond Winston strolled down from Water Street with a batch of turnips from the family farm. He knew—and Mark and Cathy knew he knew—that they didn’t particularly like turnips; it was an excuse to visit. He was a Vietnam vet, damaged but a survivor. Cathy greeted him warmly and, pointing to another chair, told him to “Sit and tell us your news.” They were in Staffordshire, North Carolina, a village of 2,000 on an inland ...

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Ventail

Ventail           When anyone asked him about his nose shield, Charles would chuckle, “I’m a step ahead of the pandemic requirement to wear masks.” The nose shield was a little flap that attached to his glasses’ bridge between the two lenses and hung down over his nose. “A trend setter I am,” claimed Charles, “a man who can see the future.”           Donna, his wife, moaned. At least his bragging happened rarely in her presence, as s...

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