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Submitted to Contest #232
It was the best of times, it was the… oh wait, that’s a different story. I should lead with a more original first line. It was the longest day of my young life. My mother had woken us in the night, packed the car, and drove all night and all the next day. We had only stopped to use questionable gas station rest rooms and to eat the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches she seemed to have an endless supply of. I really wanted McDonald’s, but she said it was too expensive for all of us to order burgers, drinks, and fries. I had 3 younger sisters,...
Submitted to Contest #230
“Where is Mrs. Clink?” Rutherford Clink looked up from his steaming mug of coffee and saw the mail carrier at the door. The old mail carrier had wrinkles lining his weathered face, much like Rutherford. Rutherford had been sitting on the porch enjoying the birds. His wife, Fiona, had put out hummingbird feeders and the birds just flocked to their front yard. He replied, “At the market.” He handed the letters across the porch railing and smiled, “She usually likes to give me a corn muffin on Mondays.” “Oh,” He nodded, “I think she’s made a ba...
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