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Ira Zipperer

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Jake’s Mask

Weekly Contest #316

Jake wears a mask.  It is a very special kind of mask. Not the kind made of cloth or plastic, nor one designed for costume parties or pandemics. His mask is invisible. Every day, in the presence of others, Jake disguises himself as a content, if not outright happy, worker, neighbor, customer, visitor. His eyes glitter with warmth, his mouth curls into a small, practiced smile, and his voice carries the tone of someone genuinely pleased to see whoever crossed his path. And people notice. The mask also speaks. It greets, asks qu...

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Sun Chasers

Elijah and Caleb stewed in the Mississippi heat. Merciless humidity, teenage hormones, last night’s beers. The brothers sat on the porch swing, sweltering in the hot, heavy air. Oily sweat, salty and sour on their lips, coated their bodies. They had to be out of the house, so they didn’t reek up the place their mother said. “God, I could use a beer,” said Caleb. “Listen to you,” replied Elijah, “Thirteen goin’ on thirty.” “Yeah, but still.”“You’d be too lazy to git up an’ go get one even if you had the money for one.” There was a dramatic p...

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