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Submitted to Contest #54
It began as any other day and ended just like one. I was leaving the office, coffee mug in hand, backpack in the other. The life of an insurance adjuster was not an exciting one. I moved to take a sip from my canteen and found it was empty. With a long day behind me, and a longer night ahead of me, I entered the nearest coffee shop, Homebrew. After receiving my mocha latte with an extra shot of espresso and whip on top, I took a seat outside at the handicap table with the umbrella. There wasn’t any handicap people in sight and I needed a p...
Submitted to Contest #53
It was the tenth day of the heatwave. I was laying on our makeshift couch, shaded by the gazebo. The sun shined as hot and golden as molten honey. My skin slick with sweat, dirt on my face, the dried air doing nothing to soothe the heat. It felt like we were inserted into an oven, the air not quite a different temperature than our bodies, except hotter. I flipped over onto my stomach, dragging my hands along the patio carpet. Somehow everything became simultaneously boring and fascinating during a ...
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