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Submitted to Contest #167
[assassination in story] The Elephant Hunter Editors Note: Please keep in mind this story is completely fiction. The author is rather unconventional. Some of the characters may resemble real people (a few are real people); nonetheless, due to the writer’s pathological disregard for social discretion, please look beyond the questionable faux pas and simply enjoy the crime spree. One more note – please do not try to perform any of the acts depicted in this story. Not only are many illegal, but someone could get hurt. ———————————————...
Submitted to Contest #151
Blue marble encouraged me as I carefully lumbered down our showcase spiral stairway with my father’s heavy Father’s Day gift. I puckishly performed a quick jig and hopped over lucky stair 13, where the ugliest of the bronze gargoyles wickedly grinned from his frozen stance upon the banister.The beautiful blue marble stairway had been my refuge, my hideout, my playground as I grew into adulthood. Often, the staircase had appeared in countless architectural, fashion and home decor magazines. It’s where my mother was photographed, married and f...
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