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Submitted to Contest #100
Burk fumbled around the kitchen, throwing everything he needed into the steaming pot on the stovetop. He had looked up a recipe for spaghetti, thinking, This shouldn’t be that hard. For a first timer, it was. He’d never cooked spaghetti, he’d watched. His mother had always insisted on cooking, she’d loved it. His father cooked sometimes, and made him watch when he wasn’t out tending the farm. Growing up, he learned how to cook what he needed. That was before he met Anna. ...
Submitted to Contest #99
What had begun as any other patrol turned out to be a wicked, unforgiving night for Deputy Rennie Nyles. As she braced herself on her kitchen sink, she reviewed the events of the previous hours. She and her partner, Deputy Ski Thatcher, had been making their usual beat around their assigned Dallas area. He had munched and sipped casually on beef jerky and a stale styrofoam cup of coffee. He was fiddling with the window of the patrol vehicle when he asked, “You got a hubby?” She shook her head. ...
Submitted to Contest #97
First Lieutenant James Hopkins silently maneuvered his way through the darkened kitchen, barely sloshing the drink in his hand. He braced one palm on the frame, gazing out onto the serene lake surrounded by a forest of pine trees. He bought this cabin, as well as the land, when he had just gotten back from Afghanistan. He thought the scenery and peace would help him forget about his military time. He had been wrong. His beloved shores around the navy blue waters were filled with wa...
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