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Submitted to Contest #305
“You know what? I quit.”Lee muttered it at the sink, not loud, just rough enough to rattle the spoons floating in the greasy water. The murk smelled like yesterday’s sausage fat and burnt coffee. He pulled the plug and watched the mess spiral away.Flora never lifted her head from the stack of invoices on the counter. Cigarette clamped between two yellowed fingers, she said, “Quit what, Brother?”Nobody in Millhaven called him Lee anymore. Folks said Brother or, when the joke grew legs, Hollywood Brother, because of the crooked tattoo stretche...
Submitted to Contest #285
“Hello? Operator, can you connect me to Săpânța, please? Yes, that’s the village in Maramureș. I’ll wait.”(Hiss… click… another click.)“Adrian? Are you there?”I tightened my grip on the rotary phone. My grandmother’s dim hallway smelled of old wool and menthol salve. The year was 1990, at least according to the frayed calendar by the door. A breath crackled over the line. Then a voice—my voice, only older—said, “Don’t hang up. Listen closely.”I swallowed hard. “Who is this?”“It’s you, calling from 2025. Don’t bother asking how. Just check yo...
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