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Submitted to Contest #290
No one could have anticipated the events that were about to happen on this February 14th, in the year 2072. Valentine's Day has historically been observed on February 14th of every year. But, for the past 12 years, Valentine's Day and all it meant for centuries has been mourned by people all around the globe. Valentine's Day, love itself, has been prohibited by President Charles Love, on February 15th, 2059, the day following his Proclamation to the people of the USA, naming himself President of all Americas.Charles Byron Love was born...
Submitted to Contest #285
The house was unusually quiet that afternoon. That was a rare occurrence given fourteen people lived here, including two parents and twelve children. It was a brutally cold Saturday afternoon in mid-January. As was the case every Saturday, we younger siblings loved to go outside and play, building forts and snowmen, snow dogs occasionally. Sometimes, we'd pretend we were lost in a desert and would crawl around, entertaining ourselves with pretend mirages. We had very little to do inside the house. When we ...
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