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Submitted to Contest #326
The Horrible GiftBy Lane Lofton Pete sensed nothing dreadful about the silent, still air of his home until he saw Barry. Barry was standing at the kitchen island, washing dishes. But there was no sound coming from the sink, where the clink and clank of dishes, or the white noise sound of the running water would fill the kitchen like a heartbeat. He didn’t understand why it was so quiet. The TV wasn’t on and no music or podcast was playing from Barry’s phone, as he often did when doing kitchen work. Why couldn’t he hear that damn water runni...
Submitted to Contest #305
Hundreds of blinking eyes surrounded me, and to my contempt, were now entirely focused on me. I had never seen our gymnasium this full before, except for a basketball game, maybe. But the cheer and clamor from the games was now replaced by a polite golf clap. I never really wanted the spotlight and my heart was beating heavy, but my legs kept moving toward the podium. The polite clapping ended and a nervous silence entered the room. What the hell was I doing here? Doesn’t matter. The only way out of this is through it. I take a deep breath, ...
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