Write a story about someone seeking a fresh start after a difficult year.

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“The Wicked Spoon” by Daniel Hafertepe

Submitted to Contest #126

Maria left the apothecary and followed the revelers south. They blew toy trumpets and tossed confetti at passers-by. They laughed at strangers and shouted, “Happy New Year.”But they paid little attention to Maria in her canvas overcoat and dime-store skimmer. She didn’t mind the slight. She knew things would change once across Broadway.A copper stopped Maria before stepping off the boards and onto the dirt boulevard. “What’s your business in the Stingaree?”“Miss Helen Hayes-Mellon needs tobacco.” She lied.“Be back before sunset.”“Oh?” “...

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“A Night To Remember” by Wilma Segeren

Submitted to Contest #126

A Night to Remember Samuel Ramsey, a thirty-year old bachelor, readied himself for the New Years Eve celebration at Flannigan’s again this year. He donned his dressiest straight-legged Levi jeans, the ones faded to just the right shade of powder blue. These are his lucky jeans, not because he is so charming with the female gender and has bedded many a gal, but because they are NOT the ones he wore when he fell into the giant manhole at the same time last year. No, he was not drunk or even a little buzzed, he simply decided against ...

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