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Weekly Contest #357
She had a love/hate relationship with Black and White. Her contrast against their extremes was a blessing and a curse. But this was worse. This was Grey, neither one nor the other and not itself at all. Her name was Corinne, and she had been Red all her life. She was Cayenne, Crimson, and Scotch Bonnet. She was Fire Engine and Brimstone, but she was never that compromise between Black and White because compromise is crocheted blankets, recliners, canned beans, and gelatin desserts. Compromise is comfortable and palatable, and a mirror that ...
Weekly Contest #328
The Bag I remember the year I turned eight like it was yesterday. I was way too young to wander into a pool hall, but that is exactly what happened almost every night that year. Wrapped in my powder pink robe and rabbit-eared slippers, I hopped off my red vinyl chair, grabbed the quarter Mama left on the table by the front door, and held my breath until I made it to our porch. “Tell Mr. Earl I said hello,” Mama would yell before I reached the bottom step. “Yes, ma’am,” I answered before she finished, kinda like when grownups say “fine” be...
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