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Weekly Contest #293
You can get anywhere you want to go in New York City by bus or train. I never owned a car, but I know every avenue and every street, and how to get there. Everything and everyone I know is here, but today, I am leaving for a new town.Goodbyes long since unceremoniously said, I had lived in the same 'hood all my life. It was never easy, but it provided everything I needed. I settled in the back seat, for the six-hour drive ahead.Riding endless hours on subway trains, the view was mostly soot covered, gray, dimly lit walls of tunnels, alternat...
Weekly Contest #292
"I'm so sorry," she uttered apologetically, "it is time to make a decision." I heard the words, words I had anticipated, but dreaded.A year earlier I answered an appeal for volunteers to help feed a herd of 30 horses seized in a terrible hoarding situation. As they had been food deprived for an extended time, they required four small feedings a day to aid their fragile digestive systems. About twenty volunteers met at the facility, a large equine clinic to see the horses and define schedules.A vet and an assistant greeted us, and guided us...
Weekly Contest #289
"The room is unfamiliar. I don't know how I got here." Thunder had broken my sleep, the anticipation of the rain to come provoked a shiver. I open my eyes, but there is darkness. I am in a small room There is no window, a door lets just enough light from beneath it that I can see the room. The floor is dirt, damp, and smells bad. I am alone. Next to me is a blanket. It is clean and does not smell like the room.My first thought is that this must be a dream. Surely, it is not real, but it feels real. I had no answers, only questions....
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