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Weekly Contest #373
I knew exactly three things about the young woman in front of me. Here name was Annabelle Del ToroHer boyfriend of four years left her three days ago.She was diagnosed as inoperably terminal. I knew all of this before we had ever spoken a word to one another.“Take a picture, it will last longer.” I realized she had caught me staring at her. She tugged on her navy blue hoodie sleeve, pulling it over her hands against the chilly train-station air. It was six in the morning and the train station was mostly empty, flickering fluorescent lights o...
Weekly Contest #372
Clunk.Tim twists the deadbolt and hears it slide satisfyingly into place, seated into the metal reinforced doorjamb. He lowers down to the knob and turns that, hearing the click as the locking mechanism engages. He walks to the garage and back doors and repeats the same process. The ritual that he would do every night. He looked at the clock and grabbed a bottle of water for bed and paused at the bottom of the stairs. He turned back to the front door, confident he had locked the door but wanting to make extra sure. The front door was locked,...
Weekly Contest #370
GREEN LIGHT“SIX MINUTES!” I shout over the whine of the C-27 aircraft, holding up six fingers to the jumpers in seats on either side of the aircraft interior. Faces illuminated by dim green lights stare back at me, echoing the command. “GET READY” I shout, signaling the jumpers in the aircraft by hand and arm signals. The muffled response comes out as seatbelts are undone. I look over to the assistant jumpmaster, or AJ, and we nod to each other – a silent agreement to continue.“STARBOARD PERSONNEL, STAND UP!” The jumpers groan and shift, lea...
Weekly Contest #367
Click.The door closed, leaving silence in the room as everyone prepared for the ceremony. For most, it was just another retirement, one in a dozen that they had all seen. For me, it was the end of a career, the end of a journey. The silence of the empty hall, one that was festooned with decorations and seats marked ‘reserved’ for family members, was nearly stifling. I groaned as I sat in a chair, my mind drifting back across time as I waited for everyone to neatly file in, briefly flipping through my military career as one would peruse the p...
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