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Weekly Contest #308
SUMMER OF FORTY-FOUR The men sat on packing crates in the old barn. They were slowly going through boxes and steamer trunks stacked in a corner of the barn. The younger of the two was in his mid-thirties with still jet-black hair, blue eyes and a strong chin. The other man was stooped over from age and his thinning hair was snow white. He had the same strong chin. They’d just finished going through a steamer trunk that contained old quilts and bedding, placing it in box marked “Goodwill.” The younger man...
Weekly Contest #307
WARNING: Story contains one veiled reference to sexual assault and some use of profanity. Ryan Reed, third-year law student, sat in the last row of the large classroom. It wasn’t assigned seating, but he always sat in the back. It was less crowded, he had more room for his six-foot frame, and the professors picked on the back rows less. The Constitutional Law professor had been droning on, and on, and on, and since ...
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