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Weekly Contest #279
“I got the recipe when I spent almost ten years stuck in nineteenth century India. You won’t even last ten days.” Archana said, her eyes locked on mine. She had just two shots of her special kala-khatta cocktail, but sounded very drunk. “Yeah, sure. A patriarchal system. No restrictions on drugs. It would be so.. hard.” I said sarcastically. “Just give me the recipe.” “Guess it,” she said with a wink. “It has lemon, yogurt, cannabis extract, kombucha, and cinnamon…definitely cinnamon,” I said. “Eww… not even close.” She said, laughing....
Weekly Contest #274
It was eight o’ clock. Papa was going to knock at the door any moment now. Rohan felt his heartbeat rising, and his feet start to twitch. But they were not supposed to, so he dug into them with his nails. Ma didn’t like it when she caught him fidgeting. And she was already pissed. Sammy was fidgeting in his crib. Ma had just put him to sleep and was putting on make up. Not that she needed to. She was already so beautiful. But Papa didn’t think so. That’s why he didn’t give her any time anymore. They had spent the whole afternoon fighting. He...
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