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Submitted to Contest #104
The bell shouldn’t have rung at seven. The mailman didn’t deliver that late where I lived but since there was a chance he had, I sighed and pulled myself off the couch after peeling my eyes away from my television. The fool thing practically attached itself to my eyelids sometimes. “I’m coming,” I called after switching off the TV. I would be back at it right after the mailman if I wasn’t careful and I didn’t feel like waking up tomorrow with a binge hangover. Again....
Submitted to Contest #100
The server, a man dressed far sharper than I was, dropped off the bread basket at our table before spinning away. I was left with Marcus who’d invited me to dinner after somehow figuring out I was in town. “It’s been a while, hasn’t it?” He chuckled, “I haven’t seen you since what? High school?” Marcus was seated across from me and broke some bread before offering me a piece. I took it and nodded, “About that long.” He smiled and...
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