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Weekly Contest #363
The following is a story based loosely on my own experience post-hurricane Katrina, seen through the eyes of a seven-year-old. My mother rolled down the window as we rolled down the interstate – at the posted speed limit, though I could feel hesitation behind the wheel. Eight weeks have passed since we’d been home, and as I gripped my new doll in my hands from the backseat, I chewed on my lip in an anxious excitement that left me with a mark just shy of blood. My house, becoming a blurry memory, was just in my reach. But when she let the ai...
Weekly Contest #359
Freya wasn’t a person you walked past and glanced over your shoulder at, only to keep moving forward — you’d stop and take her in. She wasn’t a person only standing ahead of you in line that disappeared by the time it’s your turn, and the cashier checks you out — you’d still smell her long after she left. She wasn’t someone you’d forget about come morning again — she consumed your thoughts at night, into the next day, and throughout the week until you caught a glimpse again. Freya is light. She is magic in the room you stand in. Magic and l...
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