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Weekly Contest #187
Carrie’s heart juddered. One unopened email sat in her inbox, the message she’d been praying for since she sent in her materials. After being downsized from the antiquities department at the museum six months ago, she’d applied for any job remotely related to her field—which, admittedly, weren’t many—and even several entry-level positions requiring no experience at all. Most of the time, she didn’t hear back. Not even a form letter. Being ignored stung more than officially being rejected. This email, though, would be different. It had to b...
Weekly Contest #186
Ten years didn’t seem like a lot; not when it came to important things. By “important,” Sadie didn’t mean school or work or even a hobby-turned-addiction. God knew she’d logged countless hours with her nose in a textbook when she was in college, and more still tapping away at the crappy laptop her boss had placed in her cubicle. Despite her husband’s comments to the contrary, knitting was not an obsession. It gave her idle hands purpose, especially when Kirk worked long hours. Better still, it sometimes brought in a few extra bucks when some...
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