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Submitted to Contest #321
“Marnie, this pie is delicious. You must give me the recipe!”The compliment warms her over. While she sells her baked goods every Saturday at the Farmer’s Market, she rarely gets such effusive praise.“I’m so happy to hear that, dear. I tweaked an ingredient or two but used my mother’s old recipe for harvest pie. I’ll write it down and share it once I update the recipe card.” She drops change in the young woman’s hand and goes back to cutting the last pieces of her pie. She only brought 12 pies with her this morning, so she’ll need to close s...
Submitted to Contest #320
Author’s Note: This story is recommended for mature audiences and includes elements that may be triggering to some readers. Please take care if you are sensitive to any of the following: Threat of physical harm, reference to the death of a child, threat of physical harm of a child, emotional abuse, grief, fear, trauma, and gore. Under the Blood MoonI pluck a pain pill from the lipstick case in my purse and dry swallow before unpacking. As I place my weeks’ worth of clothes in the dresser — the owner was thoughtful and left the top drawers em...
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