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Submitted to Contest #30
Amelia was alone in the house for the first time in years. Marriage and children can do that to a person. She could count on one hand the amount of times she did not have at least one of her three kids with her in the 8 years since she brought her oldest home after birth. There was not a night that one of her lovely littles did not climb in bed between her and her husband, Brad.When WAS the last time she had been alone? The last time that came to mind was one time Amelia used the toilet and no one interrupted. No whiny voice on the other sid...
Submitted to Contest #10
Jake stared at the black canvas. Black was what he felt. Black was what he delivered. Black, however, was not what was expected. What was expected? A 20 piece collection of new "emotional abstracts" for Gloria's "Feelings" exhibit at her gallery. 20 damned canvases full of shapes and random lines supposedly depicting sadness or glee or whatever godforsaken feeling Jake had at the very moment he painted. The true problem here was the fact Jake was pretty numb by the 8th painting. Empty.It had turned out well enough, a sea of blues and greens....
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