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Submitted to Contest #321
Nightshift — 1,008 words Walking through the art gallery, wondering why my co-worker, Joan, asked me to come here, I rounded the corner and stared at a pastel drawing … of myself. “Holy shit, that’s me!” It really was. In my favorite clothes, sitting on a bed with one hand extended in front, palm up, short, curly strawberry blonde hair, hollow-eyed profile…it was definitely me. I hurried back across the street to the restaurant where Joan, a new employee from my office, was waiting for me. Sliding into the booth I looked at her quizzically...
Submitted to Contest #306
A Taste of GuatemalaWelcome to Guatemala! My name is Carmen and I’ll be your host today. My job is to introduce you to a variety of excursions you can take while in this beautiful country. We have several specials today. I guarantee any of them will be like nothing you’ve cooked up at home! •For a prepared quick local dish we have — La Antigua: You can stay in Antigua for a few days and from there take a shuttle or public transportation to any of the other points of interest. Or you can do a round trip 1.5 hours each way with a seven hou...
Submitted to Contest #305
The Plumber, New Jeans and a Lie It was 1965. If you’ve watched movies from that time you know it was like another universe, a totally different world. I was the eldest child. I had grown up sheltered. One of my parents almost always supervised any extra curricular events I was involved in and I was only allowed to go to parties in homes where they knew the parents would chaperone. Only dated two boys in high school and was still a virgin when I got to college, which was twenty miles from home, but seemed like an eternity away. Finally I w...
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