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Joan Kydd

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The Class From Hell

Weekly Contest #299

THE CLASS FROM HELLBy Joan Kydd Let it be known: I would rather set my hair on fire than have to sew anything ever. Back in the pre-tech Stone Age when I began the seventh grade, incoming students had to take what were euphemistically called industrial arts classes. For girls, this meant home economics: cooking and sewing. The teachers told us in their annoyingly chirpy voices that sounded like fingers scratching blackboards back when they had blackboards that it was to train us to be happy, efficient homemakers. It was 1960.No one kne...

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Emails To God

Weekly Contest #299

EMAILS TO GODBy Joan Kydd Email #1FROM: CodyTO: God AlmightySUBJECT: A Question Hey God Almighty-Hi! It’s me.Cody. What I want to know is if you’re any better than Santa Claus. Mom says you see everything, and know everything. Just like Santa. Like the song says - he knows when I’m sleeping and when I’m awake, and if I’ve been naughty or nice and good or bad. I’m not sure what the difference is between naughty and bad…or nice and good. But I guess Santa does. Anyway, I have to be real careful not to cry or pout because those are eith...

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The Mirror's Tale

Weekly Contest #277

                                                (1,705 words)                             THE MIRROR’S TALE Long ago, I was created by a witch who was bargaining f...

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