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Submitted to Contest #266
“We’ve had a complaint,” said my supervisor Jerry as he cleaned his nails with a letter opener. “A woman celebrating her eighty-fifth birthday at Full Moon Noodle House got a fortune cookie that read, ‘Enjoy life while you still can.’ The next day, she died from a massive stroke.” I forced myself to maintain a neutral expression. “I hardly see how we can be held responsible for that,” I said. “People just want someone to blame when tragedy strikes.”  ...
Submitted to Contest #214
“Where’s the man?” shouted Lily as she leaned over the edge of the platform. The sight of my eight-year-old sister hanging over the precipice startled my mother into action. “Oh my God, Lily, get back from there!” Mom grabbed her by the arm and hustled her to the rear of the cluster of tourists in yellow helmets and Sky Trek employees in safari jackets, all of whom stared down into the mist. Nothing was visible below the clouds, but the import of the dangling zipline was unmis...
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