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Submitted to Contest #65
Horace Greeley said go west young man. In 1910, all of seventeen and seeking adventure, Cecil Evers and his buddy Frank Anderson decided to do just that. They left Cincinnati and set off for the emerging city of Los Angeles. They originally planned to go by railroad, but the trip from Cincinnati to Indianapolis revealed that Cecil had a terrible case of motion sickness. His experience with the railroad convinced Cecil to try another mode of transportation. A riverboat seemed safer. Cincinnati is a river town so they had no trouble find...
Submitted to Contest #56
2020 We met in February. Online dating service. How ironic that seems today. Diane and I chatted for hours. We texted, DM, Skype, every way to communicate in the era of social media we did it. Heck, we even talked on the phone a couple of times. She was, and is, everything I never knew I always wanted in a girl. When I was in my twenties all I cared about was how my date looked. As long as a girl was pretty I put up with a lot of abuse. Since turning thirty I've realized behind a pretty face can lurk a destructive m...
Submitted to Contest #44
Julian had tracked his foe for what seemed like an eternity. The pursuit started at Hadrian's Wall, continuing to Dover. Then across the channel to the kingdom of the Franks. After being pressed into service for the noble Charlemagne, Julian found out his query had entered the conflict on the other side. Just another reason to continue the chase. While preparing for the battle Julian could not help but remember the last time he fought beside a Frankish king. Charlemagne's grandfather, Charles Martel, as they repelled...
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