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Submitted to Contest #239
The door closes on its own. Uma thinks nothing of it. Sometimes with the way the air flows in her house, the doors and curtains have a tendency to move about. It takes her a moment to jiggle with the doorknob- to get it to properly open again- but it’s a small annoyance. She probably just needs to check the lock, maybe the hinges. It’s a new house- well, a new house for her. She’s barely been moved in for just over a month now, and it was sold to her at an insanely cheap price. She figured there would be some issues (and had honest...
Submitted to Contest #237
Elena’s got a routine. She sticks to it religiously- some might even say she’s dependent on it. Part of that routine is her weekly reading session. Every Tuesday, at around 4:30 PM, she takes whatever book she’s currently in the middle of to a nearby cafe. It’s a five minute walk away, and it takes about five minutes to order and receive her plain black coffee and warmed butter croissant- so she really gets started at around 4:40 PM. She’s had this routine for roughly five years now- and she’s perfected it. She doesn’t have to wo...
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