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Submitted to Contest #290
I pull up to the shipping station just as the sun begins to set blood red in the smoggy sky. “Credentials, please,” says the armed guard at the entrance. “Lieutenant Lucy Collins,” I say, reaching under my scuffed white body armor and handing him my card. “I don’t usually have to show my ID.” “I know,” he says. “New security restrictions just came through from Leadership. We’re checking everyone now.” He hands me back my card. “Go on through, Lieutenant.” He presses a button and the gate swings open. “Thanks.” I breathe a sigh of...
Submitted to Contest #277
I wish I hadn’t dressed him in black that night. He was too hard to see in the darkness. They keep telling me it wasn’t my fault, but of course they’re just trying to keep me calm. Luca wanted to be a wicked witch for Halloween. We had recently watched “The Wizard of Oz” and he’d been fascinated with that green-faced lady from the moment she set fire to that straw rooftop. I was sure he would be terrified- he was only three after all- but he couldn’t look away from the screen and couldn’t stop talking about her in the days that followe...
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