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Submitted to Contest #306
June 1st 2009Dear Frances, I’m here!!!I cannot believe it. I keep pinching myself. Waldo met me at the airport. He was about two hours late. I was trying not to freak out. I suppose I could have taken a cab, but he insisted the gypsy cabs were cheaper. He took three trains to get here, just to show me how to take a gypsy cab home. Hmm. Seemed stupid, but I couldn’t seem ungrateful, we were about to be roommates. I could have been in the city long ago, but that’s ok, I live here now!I live in New York City! How can I be upset about anythin...
Submitted to Contest #298
Cupcake Hot tea carefully placed to the right of my computer, flashes of lightning coming from the window behind me casting shadows, the room looks like a movie set. It was the perfect weather for writing; or a murder. Or both. I do live in New Orleans. The room was comfortably warm but not hot. One heater on in the front room gave a glow like a fireplace. It was cozy. I took a sip. I looked at the blank screen. I typed the date, then nothing. I knew I was on the precipice of bolting. Again. I was a bolter. Someone who can’t stay put. I w...
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