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Submitted to Contest #92
Era sat at the kitchen table, tapping her fingers impatiently against the wood. Cracks of lightning. The pounding of thunder. Raindrop’s pitter-patter. It could all be heard outside the walls of her home. A pot of soup grew cold on the stovetop, yet she just sat there. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. Pa-da-dump, Pa-da-dump was the sound her roughly bitten nails made on the wood while the raindrops hurled themselves onto the roof above. Era began tapping her heels anxiously against the floor as her eyes stared there, ...
Submitted to Contest #77
The fingers of white morning light reached into the bedroom on the east side of the home. They stretched into each corner and brightened each crevice, scaring away the monsters that lurked in the shadows. The light gave the small room a blue-tinted glow, hinting that it had arrived for the first time this season. Mara squinted her eyes open as the light caressed her face. Crawling out of bed, Mara’s feet touched the icy wooden floorboards. The room was freezing. As the nine-year-old Mara tip-toed across the wood wit...
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