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Weekly Contest #350
Walking home from the movies late one afternoon in July of 1952, Bobby glowed with the optimism of a seven year old with two months of summer vacation ahead of him. His mood changed abruptly as he came through the side door and smelled something his mother called “second front casserole.” Soon it would be dinner time. His number was up. Every kid in first grade had a least favorite meal, but none of the boys had ever even heard of second front casserole. When Bobby listed the ingredients – diced spam, cream of mushroom soup, macaroni, and A...
Weekly Contest #302
Eleventh Province The rosy-faced American was in a hurry to complete his goodwill mission to Greenland before the jet returned next week. He had arrived at Lamduk Airport – a landing strip with two quonset huts, a large red barn, and, apparently, no cell service. The four other passengers, Danish tourists with an outdoorsy look, were all headed to the barn where he had read, you could buy a hot meal or rent a bunk. The American did not have time for any of that. He veered off toward a man with a deeply tanned face and long beard – the spit...
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