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Weekly Contest #359
I’m on the phone with my boyfriend, who’s sending me videos of people whose cars skidded off the interstate and exploded in the middle of last night’s snowstorm. This immediately reminds me of someone. I hang up the phone to call my mom, who’s so defiantly old school that she reclassifies her ways as progression. Despite being my emergency contact, she never answers her phone. Now is no exception. The answering machine asks me to please leave my message. It, at least, is programmed to be polite. I dial my little sister, Carina, next, who doe...
Weekly Contest #354
When I got off the truck, all I saw was mud. Mud everywhere—so much, my ankles were already sinking in it. Horses were chained to artillery, heaving against the smoke that released each time one of the cannons behind them fired into No Man’s Land. This must have been a meadow, once, where families used to picnic. All that remained of its former beauty was a single oak tree. A soldier grabbed me by the shoulders. “What are you standing around for?” I saluted hastily. “I-I’ve just arrived, Sir. I’m a trained mechanic, and I’m looking for the t...
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