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Michelle Rivers

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Careful What You Write, I Might Be Written

Submitted to Contest #310

“The two kids ran from being murderers.”I remember the old man rasping, his voice hollow from a lifetime of smoke. His library carried the same aroma — it reeked of ash, mold, and dusty paper.I forced myself to nod like it was the first time I’d heard the story.Like I hadn’t already watched it happen.He crushed an ash into an overflowing tray. Smoke curled under the low ceiling.And I let the silence hang between us.“Any suspects?”“Case was closed four years ago. The town forgot it. No one knew someone would still be dug up in the dirt,” I sa...

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