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Submitted to Contest #312
It was yet another night of disappointment for Nate. Results for the prestigious Litwin, a monthly short story writing competition, were out and he couldn’t find his name anywhere near the top. Though this was not the first time and one should have been used to it by now, it still sucked the soul out of him, like it had every other time.Nate had been reading fiction since he was six. His father, a local school teacher, would ask Nate to wait in the library after his classes till he finished his remaining duties, following which they walked b...
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