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Submitted to Contest #184
We all knew the stories, the legends. It was passed down in whispers and secrets. Schoolyard teasing and chants, but it had never been confirmed. Not locally anyway. Jenny had a cousin whose best friend supposedly had it, but I'd never personally met anyone that had it. I honestly can't believe I'm considering it. I once thought it was superstition, folklore like giants and mutant creatures. Not every one of us has it. Some of us, the older generations or those born and raised in the old ways, are said not to have it. Fear has stopped us fro...
Submitted to Contest #139
February 21 This could be the most I've written thus far in my adult life. Yay for me. EIGHT entries since January. I sense an uptick in hand cramps. At this rate I won't feel so entirely guilty over the stack of diaries I've collected that have four pages written in them with the remaining pages poised for entries that never happen. I am wrestling with my younger self. I've always wanted to be an author (and by always I mean from when I was a kid into college). You know how it starts. It starts with a love for books, a love that turns into...
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