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Submitted to Contest #309
I checked my black Casio for the fifth time in two minutes. Just like phones, watched watches don’t speed up. The rain was relentless, and I was beyond uncomfortable, drenched and chilled to the bone.I’d responded to the post two days ago. The job: write a memoir in twenty-four hours. Ten thousand bucks. No questions. No names. It sounded simple enough, and I was ready. A freshly minted MFA from NYU, fueled by ambition and a healthy dose of arrogance. I was primed for a challenge like this.It was going to be easy money. If she showed up. If ...
Submitted to Contest #299
Be it Bernadoodle, Schnauzer or the everyday calico cat, pet owners will, from time to time, inevitably blurt out bizarre declarations or question the unthinkable. After the peculiar order of words fall from their lips, they may momentarily stop in real time to question either: Did I actually just say that? Or Do I really want to know the answer?The unusual becomes commonplace with pets, eventually just another endearing quirk. You might hear these pet owners saying this to their pets and perhaps some children. We’ll save that for another ti...
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