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Maryann Percha

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Just Wing It!

Weekly Contest #345

Once I arrived at the one-star motel that advertised having working televisions as its greatest amenity, I tossed my suitcase to my bed. Then myself. My lack of forethought resulted in my face smushing into the sludge-covered plastic. It was freedom. It was exhilarating. It was the end of the burnt taste of Starbucks coffee beans, since no other coffee shops were open when I went in for my shift. I rolled onto my back, not caring to wipe the grit from my beard. I had spent the last night in the coach car of the California Zephyr, taking it a...

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When in Rome, do as the Romans do. The rest is none of your concern.

Weekly Contest #326

(This work, while not graphic, contains some fairly heavy topics including exploitation of disabled people and systemic/corporate corruption.)I was nine years old and about to receive my first Confession and Communion. The only priest at our parish came to our only catechism lesson in town and instructed thusly: after we died, our sins would be weighed not only by what we did do, but also by what we did not. What we neglected or what we chose to ‘stay out of’ to secure our own comfort. All those would add up to a nice little pile documenting...

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