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Weekly Contest #283
I don't know about you, but I used to really enjoy sending and receiving Christmas cards. When I was in college, I got dozens. Then at work, I always had ten or so. Now, not so much. Slowly, but steadily, over time the number dwindled to all but a handful. December 22 of this year was slightly different. I arrived home around 6, excited, and shamelessly optimistic to see who, if anyone, had me on the nice list this year. Three Charity begging letters, a card from my Dentist, one from my sister in Ohio, and one more. It was a local postmark, ...
Weekly Contest #267
The Short Cut. A small crowd gathered on the bridge to watch the scene develop below. I wandered over, pretending not to care. KBC News, a local Television studio, were giving live updates, "Looks like a walker found something earlier today... a body down there, in the trash. Seems like the Victim had been dead for a while, but the site was disturbed this morning. Police are looking into this tragic accident...” Site disturbed, was that me? No, I just got here. Victim? was it a murder then? I turned back toward work, I had no business there...
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