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Weekly Contest #283
The whole world was holding its breath. The most Goggled word this year was austerity. Political insanity had hardened hearts; blinded even softhearted people, in a desperate desire to survive the harsh economic collapse, like drowning people, some had lost all sense of kindness, climbing over the others to save themselves. Bankers were bailed out. Debtors were unforgiven; families had lost everything. Pets and family photographs were abandoned in the panic when the sheriff knocked on the door. Along the grey and silver coast, the late after...
Weekly Contest #185
10. Songs of the Spanish Renaissance “Art critics, be damned.” “He’s so creative, it blows my mind.” “He’s got to be one of the most talented painters in America.” “Everyone at the MFA thinks Charlie’s a genius.” “Did you say one of the board members is here?” “Someone said a big New York agent was coming.” “Wait, those old cats, in the alpaca coats?” Throughout the studio everyone is praising Charles Trent. Lean and bearded, Charlie sits confidently, tilting back on an old wooden swivel chair, his cowboy booted-feet resting on the...
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