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Submitted to Contest #48
She always knew she was different from everyone else. People around her were automatically set to move away from her even when all she did was enter a room full of people. The conversations would turn subdued, and everyone would steal furtive glances at her. She didn't think she was all that special or noteworthy, but apparently, everyone around her thought she was. She had developed an appreciation for what the women in Salem during the Witch Trials must have felt like. Not that she was a witch. No, she was far more than that. She was ...
Submitted to Contest #46
She had lived a rich and full life, hectic and crazy busy as it was, in the Navy. It seemed she was always in demand by senior leadership in her specialty as an interpreter and communications specialist. There were only a handful of people in the Navy who could speak the number of languages she knew fluently. There were even fewer who had the skills in the various communication systems the Navy and her allies used. In short, she was a spook and a highly trained one at that. Now, she was a retired Navy spook. After 30 years of service in mo...
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