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Weekly Contest #309
Content Warning: This story contains themes of grief and loss. It includes references to death (unspecified cause), graves, headstones, and burial near cliffs. Reader discretion is advised. Every month on the twenty-third, since September of two thousand-four, I think of this day. I was cooking in my colorful, tile wall kitchen, making my best friend’s favorite meal. Minestrone. The smell was wafting through the air, into my nose and around my home. It smelled warm, it smelled like toasted onions, beans, veggies, and an odd feeling of melan...
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