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Submitted to Contest #289
Mandy opened the freezer and took out a box of toaster waffles. There was only one left. She shoved it, still frozen, into her coat pocket. As she closed the freezer door, she caught a glimpse of the only three photographs she had of her parents: one on her third birthday with her mother, one with her dad when she lost her first tooth, and one with her siblings and her dad fishing. She always wondered who had taken that photo. She grabbed the huge stack of papers off the kitchen table and crammed them into her messenger bag. Accepting a job ...
Submitted to Contest #127
Cheers and Good Luck“Cheers and Good Luck,” Mindy said, gathering the cards into a pile as she finished her client's Tarot reading. Mindy was a very experienced and, many would say, accurate Tarot reader. She’d learned the skill as a teenager, from her Aunt, before Tarot had become more mainstream. Aunt Celine had passed away when Mindy was in high school, bequeathing her box of Tarot cards and esoteric artifacts to Mindy. When she had been studying Psychology at university Mindy would bring the cards to parties and read for her fr...
Submitted to Contest #80
I snap the faceplate back on the dead airlock control panel standing in knee-deep red dust. The panel is still dark, so I can’t activate the dust blaster or the airlock door. I radioed to see if someone inside could activate the switch manually. No luck, the dust was too deep and the dust sensors were overriding their efforts. Dust storms make everything harder. I was chosen for Wave One, despite my advanced age of 41, not because of my tech skills as you might guess, but because of my extensive experience with eco-sustainability. I was cra...
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