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Weekly Contest #296
The pale, plain, brown-haired woman stood rigidly in front of the large red sign: CVS.This wasn’t her usual CVS—no, she had driven fifteen miles for this one. Somewhere unfamiliar. Somewhere she could pretend, just for a moment, that she wasn’t herself. That she wasn’t the kind of woman who had to do this. That she wasn’t the kind of mother who had no other choice.Her fingers twitched toward her necklace, the small pendant twisting and turning in her grasp as her foot jiggled violently. She couldn’t do this. It was wrong. Against everything ...
Weekly Contest #189
It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling, and it was almost dark. I warily looked out of my window which now had icicles draped across it. I couldn't see anything but snow and trees for miles. My eyes then traveled to the brick fire place which had only kept me warm for a mere two hours. Now however, the cold had gotten to it too, and the ember flames quickly stopped producing. With no light, and no warmth, I snuggled into my blanket, waiting for a flicker of light, a sound, a person, to come. I reached for my phone which only had one bar o...
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