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Weekly Contest #303
After talking to Sarah on the phone, Curt returned to sit with Kevin in the living room, bringing him tea. There was a lot to process. During the homecoming dance, a tornado had grazed their high school the previous night. They were trapped in a closet during the storm. Kevin’s injuries could have just as easily been a serious head injury, but he escaped with just a rash from flying debris, which may not have happened if he had not moved quickly to protect his boyfriend. Then, they stayed up all night to make sure Kevin didn’t have a concuss...
Weekly Contest #302
To Want A Guy Like Meby Zan HoughThe calendar flipped to July, and in no time at all, the Ionia Free Fair was here. This was a big deal across Michigan and beyond because people came from all over for the Free Fair, including politicians, national talent such as country music stars, and celebrities of all walks. This was a place to be seen, promoted, discovered, or elected. It was Kevin’s first time, and he didn’t expect such a big deal. Vince Gill was on stage when they arrived, so there were wall-to-wall people.“This is your first. Your fi...
Weekly Contest #301
Sarah Kent had everything under control. Everything except her ketchup addiction, but other than that... everything. She was at the top of her class as a senior and on her way to being the valedictorian for Saranac's Class of 1988, which she clearly won in May of that same year.Later that autumn, she started classes at Michigan State University and lived at East Akers Hall, a coed dorm. As fate would have it, she met Nelson Larowski, who grew up just down the river from Sarah in Portland. Sarah was from Saranac. They had similar childhoods, ...
Grand River1985 Kevin Woodward thought his life was over at sixteen, uprooting himself from the only life he knew in Atlanta. His brother had outed him to his mother, and she freaked out, then sent him to live with his dad. Kevin didn’t know his father well and hadn’t seen him since he was twelve. He was now 800 miles away from anyone he knew, on a farm in rural western Michigan that mainly grew corn. There was no time for his inexperienced father, Charles, to register him for school. Kevin wasn’t even sure his father knew how to parent at...
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