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Pat Dutt

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The Frankenstein Car

Weekly Contest #345

The bickering escalated as they crossed the state line because Randy decided – without even consulting Melissa -- to take the scenic route, and that’s when their ‘94 Dodge van sputtered its final gasp of carbon monoxide. It seemed miraculous that out of nowhere in those Georgia backwoods that Louie’s Wheels & Trappins appeared. Louie’s was a graveyard of car husks: burnt, smashed, rusted, ripped-at-the-seams-pickups and corroded truck cabs. Doors of all colors gawked alongside a chain-link fence that went on and on until it disappeared i...

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Settlement

Weekly Contest #343

Settlement I’m fast-walking into the dining room, and blinded momentarily by the fluorescent lights I nearly collide with a Beachside aide. The aide, wheeling a client with white hair pulled back by a beautiful, expensive gold barrette, says, “Hey Kate! How are you?” We exchange greetings, then on alert for other obstacles, the aide pushes her person toward the elevator, one of the four wheels beneath squeaking out cheerful hellos. I sit down at a family-sized table. Shaking my head, I say to my siblings, “My sincere apologies. I was ups...

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The Queen's Games

It came as a surprise to us that Bobo, given her intelligence and street smarts, could succumb to something as ordinary as a caffeine overdose, but Bobo could be reckless and wild. The six-pound-furball would shamelessly jump up on the kitchen table as soon as you turned your back, she’d stick her head in a cup and lick up every drop of coffee. The dog would shake convulsively if she didn’t get her morning fix. Bobo, a true hedonist, preferred coffee with sugar and cream, but she was not opposed to drinking it black.“I’m sorry,” the vet said...

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