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Submitted to Contest #296
It was near the end of the kids’ morning break. They were all walking around in their groups or pairs, chatting, enjoying the sunshine. Dotted about, sitting at different tables, were the usual exceptions - the genuinely slow eaters and the ones who pretended to be, to avoid socialising. And Brad Wilkins. Of all the second graders, I’d have said he was the cheeriest, most sociable one in his class. Something must have happened at home, or on the way to school; I wanted to help.As I approached, Brad kept his gaze fixed on the ground. There wa...
Submitted to Contest #258
The Photographer The shoot went okay, although the local models - the peak of feminine beauty available at short notice - grumbled to each other throughout. “Accustomed to the comfort of a studio.” Chrissie rolled her eyes. I nodded. “Getting outdoors into nature’s gone out of fashion.” We’d missed our flight. Chrissie misread the time - the first faux pas to blemish an otherwise faultless couple of weeks since she turned up looking for work right after Pete’s accident. The doctors are keeping him in hospital for at least si...
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