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Submitted to Contest #74
10 Grey, depressing clouds cover the sky as the common housefly flies over a vast grass field spotted with trees. The day the fly had emerged from its hard pellet-shaped cocoon, air pumping in and out of its soft ptilinum on the top of its head to help break the hard shell surrounding it, air flowing in and out, pumping up and deflating like a balloon, that day had been clear and sunny. The sun had shown down on its little insect body, its wings softer than rice paper, folded against its back. The open pizza box laying neglected by a ...
Submitted to Contest #69
When Tom sat down for Thanksgiving dinner with his mom, he knew it was going to be a long meal. For the past three years, he had always managed to find an excuse not to come. This year, however, he had messed up by one: teaching his mom how to use Facebook when she had pestered him about it, and two: by posting how excited he was for the long Thanksgiving weekend and how he had zero plans. "That's great to hear, sweetie! Can't wait to see you for Thanksgiving dinner!" his mom had commented, with lots of heart emoticons at the end. &...
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