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Nurea Bosshard

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My First Christmas Without Father

Submitted to Contest #36

18 NovemberFather hasn’t stopped pestering me, shouting for me to dust my mother’s urn, screaming demands of visiting the market to pick up apples now that they’re in season. It’s almost December; they aren’t. We don’t even eat them, not since Father claimed his rash came from an allergy to Miss Franny Gold’s tarts. Apple and cinnamon… “A true classic,” Ma would have said, if her ashes weren’t piled into an heirloom vase. I miss her sometimes. Father never had breakouts from her baking. 23 NovemberI visited Miss Franny Gold today. With ...

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