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Submitted to Contest #209
Lena met the angel in the frozen food aisle of the SwiftMart at the intersection of Three Pines Road and Glenspring Lane. She had walked in briskly to escape the August heat and didn’t grab a basket, she had only planned to purchase a couple of items. As she and the woman stood side by side under the wavering fluorescent lights, Lena remained oblivious, her mind elsewhere. Lena’s phone rang, and she hastily tucked a bag of trail mix under her chin and a sleeve of gum under her left armpit as she rummaged through her purse to retrieve it. Loo...
Submitted to Contest #206
The man’s bloodshot eyes dart wildly around the dimly lit cellar, spittle flies from his chapped lips as he grunts, and his strength wanes as he strains against the black iron shackles. Sunlight spills through the grated window but it is too weak to warm the dank stone floor. The room is drafty, thick with the tang of the sea, but it is spacious and impeccably clean. The man appears not to see me, or at least register me as a threat; my small stature, advanced age and gender tend to have that effect. I take in the sight of him. The atte...
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