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Submitted to Contest #92
Everyone was always intrigued by the house at the end of Granite Road. It was old, that was for certain, but no one could quite date it. It had elements of several different eras – the window shape of a Victorian manor, the porch that some argued was of Edwardian inspiration, and seemingly Tudor brickwork – leading different people to formulate different theories, like those who thought it was built through generations of the same family. But inexplicably, every time a theory was raised, it was disproved or disliked into obscurity. You see, ...
Submitted to Contest #86
I’ve never known quite how to explain my grief. The loss of someone close to you is never expected, never warranted, never quite believable. Especially when your family is so intertwined through the proximity of your lives and the experiences you share. So when you receive the phone call one night, as the knoll rings its heavy note, it’s hard to know how to react. That’s why I haven’t, really. I’ve just carried on as if nothing has happened. That’s why the funeral seemed so confusing, so harsh, so disconnected from what I have felt for the l...
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