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Submitted to Contest #307
I was walking along Beach Road in Poole, Dorset—my third visit this month—trying to clear my head before her next round of scans. The sea wind sliced through my coat, and mist rolled in as if it had somewhere urgent to be, sending my hands retreating deep into my sleeves. That’s when I noticed it: a red phone booth beside a squat row of shuttered shops, just before the old wooden pier. Glass fogged at the corners, paint flaking at the seams—a relic from another life, left behind in 2025 like it missed its ride out of time.We honeymooned here...
Submitted to Contest #306
Good evening.Or maybe it was morning. I honestly don't remember. The light was too bright on that stage, the room too filled with noise I wasn't part of. I only remember the pressure—the kind that sits in your chest like a stone tied to silence.They told us to write a graduation speech. A celebration, they said. A thank you to the people who made us who we are.I watched the others go up—quoting Maya Angelou, thanking their parents, cheering on the future. My hands were sweating through the sleeves of a borrowed gown. My knees locked. I stood...
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