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Dinera Rafique

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The Missing Seat

Every train leaving the city had one empty seat. People noticed it, of course. They noticed the way one place remained untouched even when the platform overflowed with tired bodies and damp umbrellas. They noticed how no ticket was ever printed for it, how no child was allowed to crawl into it, how even the conductors walked past without looking directly at the space. It was always the same seat. Last car. Left side. Beside the window. Nadia had known since she was seven years old, when her mother caught her staring at it during a crowded ri...

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The Last Open Aisle

Weekly Contest #338

The double doors of the grocery store doors slid open at 9:41 p.m. As Lisa walked inside, a whiff of cold air borne with a faint smell of citrus and dampness spilled. At once, Lisa immediately felt that she had arrived too late for something. She couldn’t have known what. Only that the air seemed heavy, like the store had been waiting for her. Fluorescent lights hummed from the ceiling. There was once that flickered near the main entrance, stuttering like a bad memory. Tiles were the same off white they had always been. Years of cleaning c...

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