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Weekly Contest #376
In response to the chimes, I opened the front door and saw myself, illuminated by the porch light. It was the me of fifty years ago: a slim, petite girl in her twenties, with masses of dark, wavy hair and brown eyes impossibly big for the translucent white face that held them. “Come in,” I told her. “Heather, is it?” “Yes, ma’am.” With shining eyes and rapid, nervous movements, she set her bags on the floor and hung her wool coat and scarf on the coat tree in the hall. Leaving her purse, she picked up the blue tote blazoned with an IKEA logo...
Weekly Contest #329
SENSITIVE CONTENT: References to violent sex and the killing of animals. Sean Tiermann was angry. Again. He stalked out of the high school gym and into the darkness that fell so early on the last days of November. “I’m sorry, Sean. You know I can’t let you,” the basketball coach had told him. “No parental permission, no tryout.” “But I’m good! “You are good. You’re sharp, fast, and you’ve got an incredible jump shot. I hope your dad will change his mind, but until he does, my hands are tied.” The coach bounced the ball on the hardwood floor...
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