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Submitted to Contest #111
He fell asleep on the job, again. His navy blue jacket, a bomber with ‘SECURITY’ inscribed in white across the back, was left hung on the backrest of his chair. Max’s eyes opened to a wintry forest at dusk. Cold gusts of a gentle wind swept through the rows of white birch trees and whisked silver snow over his body that lay limp on the ground. The thick flakes of white that fell from the sky of grey gathered in a mound over his pressed dress shirt of pine green and chestnut trousers....
Submitted to Contest #110
Yes’m. Ol’ Grandmammy Lou used to always say right then in that pretty little knitted saffron shawl of hers, “That boy wouldn’t do no harm to nothin.’” Sweet and precious grace, Granny Lou. The most honest, heartfelt soul in Dixie. I cross myself: Father, Son and Holy Ghost and — oh, heck. I wipe my hand across the steering wheel and there’s still a smear of sweat. You didn’t do no nothin’ wrong. You’re a good boy, an awfully good one. Ain’t no one and anything on this here road to tell you otherwise. Just dirt and trees, a...
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