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Submitted to Contest #320
Swinging her feet out of the car and onto the ground, the first crunch of a leaf underfoot filled Brandy with happiness. She let out a joyful squeal, giving not a damn if people heard her. Keegan looked over and laughed at her from across the center console. “And what exactly are you all smiles and sounds about?” He grinned at her, amused by her giggles as she maneuvered her left foot over to crunch one more leaf before even getting out of the car. “It’s fall,” she said with delight. Anne had loaned them a park map marked with...
Submitted to Contest #319
The line stretches out across a bleak breaking dawn. It should embody beginnings and life, but instead, to me, it has become a herald of preternatural death. When I lived, I imagined death to ride in on a dark horse or a black storm cloud. Yet, lavender and golden light signals a march to the shade beneath my canopy. The line on the horizon begins to form into distinct shapes of maybe 10 individuals. Their clothes and breath both hung raggedly from their bodies. Over the years I had seen almost all types of person...
Submitted to Contest #318
Patented brown leather shoes squeaked down the hallway in a grating tone overshadowing the swish, swish of vestments. The offensive shoes drew Christine’s attention- ugly and dinged up. They were mottled from years of wear in rain or shine of the rapid swings in Ohio weather- having splashed through slush outside on the sidewalk flanking the church while shaking hands lingeringly with wealthy parishioners or the mud of field day before school blessedly let out.The hideous shoes hidden under bleached and pure white robes halted in front of on...
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