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Submitted to Contest #296
Two days before my wedding, I grip the third-floor railing of the mall atrium, barely resisting the urge to climb over, trying to silence the voice of my mother berating me.What? Are you suicidal now too? She says, her tone dripping with judgement.No, just taking a moment. I just need a moment. I reply with just the tiniest hint of teenage whine that should be long gone from my 32-year-old voice.My knuckles whiten and my hands begin to cramp on the chest-height ornamental wooden handrail overtopping the clear glass siding with views all the ...
Submitted to Contest #294
Amanda stared across the conference table, willing someone in the room to come up with the words - the rousing, call-to-action words they needed. The buzz of the fluorescent lights filled the space like call hold music and the muted TV screens showing the kaleidoscope of weather warnings cast a reddish-purple hue across the room. She stared at each person in turn to try and discomfort them into a brainwave. “Maybe…” they all shifted toward the speaker, Stacey, a junior media relations assistant for the mayor’s office. She blushed at the sudd...
Submitted to Contest #162
The little pictures of food began to swim as Amber stared intently at the oversized menu, coming to grips with the possibility that the worst had happened…her date had stood her up. She refocused her eyes on the familiar options just to maintain the pretense of calm. She had no need to look at the menu. Since her New Year’s resolution to find a spouse by the end of the calendar year, she had eaten nearly everything on it and knew exactly what she planned to order. This hadn’t always been her first date testing ground. At the start of this qu...
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