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Weekly Contest #354
Late Summer afternoons had always painted the buildings along 114th Street in a haze, and there was a particularly orange hue today. Sumaya, swinging her legs over the edge of the fire escape at the back of her family’s apartment, imagined herself on a foreign planet. She had learned in science class this year that not all stars were yellow like our Sun, and she thought the idea of days being blue or orange or even green with neon pink stripes was very exciting. The orange, though seen before, still played upon her imagination. She had live...
Weekly Contest #308
I put my sunglasses on and braced myself to leave the bar. We officially close at 2:00 am, but on Thursdays -- after we "close", management opens back up after a half-hour to allow industry workers to have their post-work drinks and pick which of their colleagues they're going home with for the night. Normally this process wraps up before the sun comes up, but not always, and never during the Summer.I pinched my eyes tight, but it didn't help. It never did. The Sun was already bouncing off Boston Harbor and my head reeled. A heavy hand lande...
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