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Submitted to Contest #199
There is a certain kind of ‘pale face’ that draws you in. Not the sickly, greenish sort, but the icy and almost distant, with a dash of bright red shot through the cheekbones. There is also a pull in the dark, tawny, and strong; if you think of dark, dark eyes looking at you you’ll know what I mean. It is a struggle between the two greats. Think of the sun and the moon, the rain and the snow, the eagle and the owl. Everyone chooses between those two beauties. Most of those decisions are worth talking about, rarely are they worth...
Submitted to Contest #175
I was your average boy: I thought baseball was the climax of life, I thought it was fun to pull girls’ braids, and I hated school. When I grew up I changed. I wasn’t your average man. I fought…hard. At first, I fought to get into college. With a terrible academic history, and a family with no money or faith in me, I wasn’t set up to succeed. But I struggled past that and was accepted into an esteemed university. The summer before I left I w...
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