Start your story with someone saying, “We’re running out of time.”

Posted in Middle School on Nov 1, 2022

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“An ASSESSMENT of TIME” by Brian Bywater

Submitted to Contest #154

AN ASSESSMENT OF TIME “We are running out of time Jed.’ “No Marcia, we are not. The Bank does not open until ten am. The Manager does not arrive until ten fifteen. By then we are fully set up waiting for him to open the main safe so we can make our withdrawal. It has to be the main safe. The smaller one the head teller opens does not have enough cash. I explained all of this in detail before we got here.” “I know. What happens if he is late? We could run out of time.” “What is this fixation you have with time? Do you realise just ho...

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“The Race” by Sue Russell

Submitted to Contest #154

This story explores late term abortion.We’re running out of time; I remember my husband whispering as I shifted my bare feet in Dr. Randolph’s, or Dr. R’s -- as her patients referred to her -- cold steel stirrups. 26 weeks. Only two and a half months to go before we met our first, and probably only, baby boy.In our excitement, we chose his name before the end of the first trimester. Robert, because by now every other suggested male name conjured ugly memories of overbearing, insensitive or ladder climbing men. I love Drew, my husband’s name...

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