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Christopher Frank

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A New Season

Weekly Contest #54

“If it won’t start, you have to pull the choke out,” Herb says pointing at black knob to the right of the steering wheel. “Pull it out, it starts, you push it back in. Got it?” Laney looks at her grizzled arthritic hands gripped around the steering wheel of the mower. “Got it?” Herb asks again. Laney nods her affirmation. Herb stands beside the mower leaning over as much as he can so he is shoulder to shoulder with her. He bends over and touches the pedal on the right foothold of the mower. “I need to make sure you’re gettin’ all this. G...

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Thinning Ice

“Jim! Jimmy, wake up!” Mela said. She shook Jim by the shoulder. A short burst of epinephrine coursed through Jim’s veins startling him awake. “What time is it?” Jim asked. “Six-thirty but I got called in,” Mela said. Magic hour light illuminated the closed blinds on their bedroom window. Jim swung his legs out of the bed. Mela’s bare feet thumped on the bedroom carpet with purpose; she was already in her scrubs. “I need you to drop Kayla off at daycare,” she said. Jim rubbed his eyes and the top of his head. “Did you hear me?” “Yup, ...

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