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Submitted to Contest #334
It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling, and it was almost dark. Death hauled her by the ankles as she suffocated on the luminous depths of the sea. Water collapsed her lungs as if they were the thin walls of a wet paper boat. She woke from her own wretched screaming, her nightgown clung to her clammy legs. Marta couldn’t return to slumber. By sunrise, they discovered Anton’s body had washed ashore, along with Ube, the old widow’s grandson. They lay mangled from the waves. Anton had been teaching Ube to fish after his parents' passing. Mar...
Submitted to Contest #333
I sat vacant, watching flames lick up our green dining room curtains. My Father and Uncle threw in slow motion, flinging water from a pitcher and a cup to douse them. Mother wrestled Aunt Claudia, who still brandished the tall candlestick. I glanced down at my empty plate—a flat porcelain circle of Royal Albert roses. The scrapings of chocolate cake still clung to the white center. Logan, my older brother, distracted our two younger cousins. He rushed them into the living room to play with our old train table. We’d always pull it out of the ...
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