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Weekly Contest #361
The first thing Grandpa forgot was the stove.Mom told me on the drive to the lake house, both hands tight on the wheel. The AC rattled every few minutes, and my gas station iced coffee had been empty for a while, but I kept chewing the straw anyway.“He didn’t leave it on long,” she said. “Mrs. Larson smelled gas and came over. Nothing happened.”Nothing happened.Adults loved saying that when something happened, and everyone wanted to pretend it hadn’t.“So he can’t cook anymore?” I asked.“He can cook,” Mom said too quickly. “He just needs some...
Everyone treats summer like it’s some kind of paradise.Me? I hate it.It’s just months of blinding sun, sticky heat, neighbors revving up their lawnmowers at seven in the morning—and don’t get me started on the wasps. Seriously, what’s their actual purpose besides flying at your face and stinging you for no reason? I’m perfectly content with counting down the days until this sweltering nightmare ends.I lay sprawled out in the living room, staring up at the ceiling. Moving around was a bad idea since every time I shifted, my skin painfully ung...
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