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Weekly Contest #22
Azra looked into the mirror and combed her long, red hair. Smiling at her reflection, she poked around in her Hermès handbag for a lipstick. It's a shame, she thought, that manufacturers could no longer put arsenic or lead in makeup. The staying power of lead-based lipstick was surprisingly good. At least she still had a decent stock of Arsenic Complexion Wafers, last made in the late 1800s. People are such snowflakes these days. She rolled her eyes as she wiped a small mark off the side of the handbag. It has been a parting gift from her f...
Weekly Contest #21
Santa baby, hurry down the chimney tonight The worst thing about Christmas is the songs. Crazy making earworms that burrow into my brain. My boss, Iggy, has the same dozen Christmas songs on a loop from December 1 until we close the bar at midnight on Christmas Eve. It's not like I woke up one day and decided to kill myself, and as many people as I could take with me. Or maybe I did. It's hard to remember. It just seemed like a good idea, one with no real downside. I’d been thinking about it a lot. When I would do it? Where I would do it?&nb...
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