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Submitted to Contest #294
My apartment was cold. Not just in the winter, but every day. I tried everything I could to warm it up, carpeted rugs on the floor, space heaters. Nothing could take the edge off. Since moving to the practically Antarctic climate of South Melbourne, I had become quite the coffee fanatic. Three cups a day, minimum. It was the only thing that warmed me.I boiled the kettle, rolling my wrists and ankles in a light stretch as I waited. Click. The kettle switched off.“Not today ghost friend, come on,” I groaned, taking the kettle to the bathroom.I...
Submitted to Contest #292
“You are a filthy pig, you know that?” Ellie said as she tossed a tea towel at my chest, “I can’t do this anymore, take me back to the shore.”Each time I thought she was beginning to find her place here, to make this boat her home, something else would piss her off and we’d be back to square one.“What is it this time?” I asked.“When you eat something like Weetbix, you need to fill the bowl up with water and let it soak, or it dries and sticks to the edges!”“Well, maybe if you let me wash the dishes, it wouldn’t bother you so much,” I said.“W...
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