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Submitted to Contest #260
Carl was an old, gray man. The wrinkles on his face told the story of the many struggles he'd lived through. Each seemed to jut out from his bones and curl back under the next in what must have been quite a process of gathering. His hands also shared a tale of work. Not the kind of work that gets you on the cover of some magazine, but the kind that few people ever know - the kind that takes time to gain any sort of momentum. He was one of those rough-around-the-edges types. The kind that, if you're new to the ar...
Submitted to Contest #248
Next page, skimming, top to bottom, left to right. Remember the budget after this summer. Maybe this old map of Italy, maybe that one of the African colonies. Perhaps the one of South America would fit in that space near the window display. It was a normal start to her day when the small bell over the door signaled with its familiar clang the arrival of a potential client. With one hand on the pages and another mindlessly twisting a lock of her silver hair, Eleanor was busy perusing the catalog of some Danish merchant based out of central Eu...
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