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Submitted to Contest #239
The First Hot Day I thought there was supposed to be more sand in a desert, not all this frying pan rock, Jonah thought. He might have mumbled some of it aloud, he was too tired, his brain too heated through, to be sure. The sun was getting high up, burning even through his long duster. He kept the front open but the sweat dripped off of him without cooling. The jacket would stay on, though, simply because it was already there. He knew he should find shelter but everything seemed just flat. Which didn't help the broiling in his brain. He...
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