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Submitted to Contest #321
Prologue My 39th birthday was a turning point in my life. It was the day on which my life’s path turned from a gentle meander in the park to a frightening and fast moving roller coaster ride. Even now, several years later, I look back in amazement hardly able to believe that such things happened to me. But they truly did and I am determined to record the events of my 39th birthday and the days that followed, now, while they are still fresh in my memory. Before I can relate my story I must go back in time. My dearly loved, but long departed, ...
Submitted to Contest #189
It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling and it was almost dark. A little girl sat shivering as near as she could get to the front of the grocer’s shop. The grocer sometimes gave her hot chocolate to drink; but not today as his wife was helping tend to the many last minute shoppers at the store. She believed the little match girl lowered the tone of their shop and so did not encourage her to linger.Hana could not help her appearance as she only had the one set of clothes. They were well and truly threadbare and offered no insulation against...
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