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Submitted to Contest #83
"Ashley Bloom, Carina Markfield" I gather my things and move toward the attendant. "Room nine." He hands me a room key card and moves on to the next hand which hesitates. I look up at Ashley Bloom. The person beside me has a smattering of facial hair. I thought I would have a female room mate? I shrug. Is it rude to ask about something like gender? What if they were trans? I don't want to start off the retreat by insulting my room mate. "I'm Ashley Bloom, am I supposed to be rooming with a woman?" He asks the question, looking around a...
Submitted to Contest #59
The air was different. Dry but warm. There was dust in the air, and a lot of cigarette smoke. I coughed. Memories surfaced of times that I had forgotten. Times before smoking was banned in most public areas, back home. Of times when everything was happier. I wheezed, willing my heart to stop racing. Would I still be able to breathe here? I felt I could barely move. The flight was bad, cramped in allocated seating in a metal box. I didn’t think outside could be worse. But people are everywhere, leaning, smoking, kissing each other...
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