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Submitted to Contest #103
I was sixteen the first time it happened. As was customary on a Wednesday morning I headed to the village bake shop to pick up bread and biscuits for the week. On the way there I dreamt of cherry hand pies, imagining the flakey, buttery crust housing the sweet, sticky cherry jam. I could practically smell the aroma of a freshly baked pastry and my mouth watered with desire. However, as the weather had just begun to turn from the cold winter fury to the beginning tendrils of spring, I knew my craving ...
Submitted to Contest #102
I see a curtain drop as I glance at the old house at 12 Elm Trail. The house itself is showing its age, with drooping gutters full of fledgling trees, peeling paint, and a pocketed, mildew stricken front porch. It is the neighborhood eyesore, and yet it is owned outright and the taxes get paid promptly, so there is nothing for the local government to do. One can only imagine the state of the house’s exterior is a mirror to the resident inside, but old lady Gildredge has not been seen or heard from by anyone in the neighborhood since her husb...
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