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Douglas Hamilton

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Diddle Diddle

Douglas Hamilton

Submitted to Contest #326

“Pa! Bessie’s actin’ up somethin’ fierce!” The screen door slammed behind Tommy as his boots clomped over the linoleum floor in the big country kitchen. Ma sat at the huge oval table, snapping green beans freshly picked from the garden. “You better not be trackin’ in nothin’,” she said. Tommy glanced at his boots caked with mud from his morning chores. “Sorry, Ma. I’ll clean it up.” He backed out the door, and yelled through the screen. “I just thought you oughta know. That old cow keeps tryin’ to jump out her pen in the barn. Ain’t no way I...

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Diddle Diddle

Douglas Hamilton

“Pa! Bessie’s actin’ up somethin’ fierce!” The screen door slammed behind Tommy as his boots clomped over the linoleum floor in the big country kitchen. Ma sat at the huge oval table, snapping fresh green beans freshly picked from the garden. “You better not be trackin’ in nothin’,” she said. Tommy glanced at his boots caked with mud from his morning chores. “Sorry, Ma. I’ll clean it up.” He backed out the door, and yelled through the screen. “I just thought you oughta know. That old cow keeps tryin’ to jump out her pen in the barn. Ain’t no...

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Best Served Cold

Douglas Hamilton

Submitted to Contest #185

“Two million is a large claim. You do realize the insurance company will be investigating?”  “Friggin Censors. No way they would allow my collection to debut. It was nearly fully edited into a montage composed to lay bare their conspiracy. Secrets long lost would have resurfaced. The Censors could not allow that. I suppose I closed my eyes to my darkest fear.” “So you expect arson?” “KABOOM. Yes, I should have seen it coming. I cringe as I remember black-and-white ghosts dancing in those white-yellow-orange flames. The celluloid f...

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The Babysitter and the Red Button

Douglas Hamilton

Submitted to Contest #184

“Don’t worry. I’m sure she’s quite capable. She’s one of our best grad students. She should have no problem looking after the compound for a short while.” Edna is adept, in her professional manner, at making the best of a Zoom call. Perfectly framed in the monitor, in an executive chair set against a bookcase sparsely filled with artfully arranged books and pottery, she almost seems to be there with Harold, holding his hand. But Harold does worry. He worries about the security cameras, the automated feedings, and the environmental contr...

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