Thomas Nielsen

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“Detour” by Thomas Nielsen

Submitted to Contest #61

Day in and day out. Relentless. Traffic just gets worse and worse and seemingly without end. Sometimes, I wish I could work from home like we did in lockdown. Sit at home with a nice cup of tea and get some real work done, instead of these pointless commutes. I’ve been stuck in this queue, this pile-up of cars, for almost an hour now. Nothing worth listening to on the radio. A woman in front of me, in an ugly old faux wood Caprice, attempts a u-turn but lacks the clearance to succeed. Realizing the defeat, she folds back on herself in her se...

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"I don't drink while I write. You can't write serious stuff and drink." ― Ernest Hemingway "If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy." ― Dorothy Parker