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Submitted to Contest #151
On this Sunday evening, Carter County’s impressive modern indoor swim facility was closed to the public because First Baptist Church was hosting their annual poorly named, “Wet for Christ” family pool party. The pulsing buzz of the facility’s lights was dampened by refrains of “How Great is our God” pouring out of the sound system. Dry parents talking about their wet children were occasionally interrupted by a “No running,” from either of the soft-faced lifeguards hired for this post-Vacation Bible School event. Above, standing at th...
Submitted to Contest #102
Stephen and Rebecca drove down the road. Stephen looked between his phone and the dash of the car. On the dash, one fly was on top of another. The flies were hovering about, their bodies moving into one another. “Wow. So this is supposed to be super rare,” Stephen said to no one in particular. Rebecca clicked through radio stations. “Common house flies spend about two hours each time they have sex. Most flies have sex multiple times in their life. A standard lifespan for a fly is 28 days. If you compared that to the 72.6 year average...
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