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Submitted to Contest #289
“The room is unfamiliar. I don’t know how I got here.” The uncertainty in my voice is impossible to mask. I know this isn’t technically real but the sweat forming on my upper lip and the heart beating out of my chest are both very real and I don’t know how to make either stop. “What do you see when you look around the room?” Lorraine’s soft voice and light squeeze of the hand assure . “Don’t worry, I’m here with you.” My eyes remain closed, straining to take in the scene that encompasses my mind and leave my fears and the physical behi...
Submitted to Contest #228
2:12pm As I peer into the restaurant that sits halfway to hollow, littered with boxes and piles of discarded restaurant equipment, in front of my eyes, tears start to well. I can’t cry, damn it, don’t cry in the middle of this open kitchen. Josh, my sous, will be here any minute and the last thing I need right now is a pity party. I have a very important dinner to prepare; Saltwater’s last family meal. Every day before service, for the past 10 years, myself and my sous (before Josh there was Larry, and before him, Jenn) have prepared...
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