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Submitted to Contest #293
I bent low over the painting, the tip of my brush dotting at the corner of the landscape. It was just a tree after all, but the spot of varnish that had welled up and discolored over the years needed to be removed. When the acetone leeched into the surface, it peeled back, and my heart clenched. As the varnish removed a layer of paint, it revealed a subtle, dark patch of pigment beneath its surface. I sat back, a chill running through me. Underpainting. Maybe a hidden painting? I held my breath and stripped off my rubber gloves as I leaned b...
Submitted to Contest #290
She held my hand so tightly I thought it was going to break. We didn’t think, we just ran; the woods were still wet from the rain the night before, but tonight the sky was clear and the moon was shining. The stars were endless, but at the time, we didn’t even look up. We just looked ahead. We just ran. And I can still remember her hand in mine, the softness of her palm and the way she gripped me tightly. We skidded to a stop at the crossroads, our hearts beating wildly as we both panted. She turned to me, her eyes wild. I gazed down at her a...
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