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Submitted to Contest #82
It was early onset Alzheimer’s, the doctor had said. The woman had said that wasn’t possible. The doctor had chuckled, which she thought was inappropriate, and told her it most certainly was. She had thought it was all inappropriate. I’m only fifty, the woman had said. It’s not possible. The doctor had sighed, sat next to her. Do you have any children or family who can help you? And that’s as much as the woman remembers, truthfully. The rest is just beyond her grasp, frustratingly unobtainable, tantalizing, glittering. She...
Submitted to Contest #80
It’s all circular, they say. History repeats itself. The people on the TV say it, with their coiffed hair and subtle makeup. It’s inevitable, they say with a shrug. The girl figures this means that, however many years ago, there was probably another child, eyes wide and dark, staring up at the screen, or with a newspaper clenched in a little hand, confused and upset. Just like her. That’s how she likes to imagine it, anyway. It makes her feel less alone as the television flickers with explosions, screams, hurried explanations, a di...
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