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Submitted to Contest #338
A Trick of the Light a short storyby Tina Ryon Propst Daphne, faded with age and ruin but still colorful, intriguing, full of truisms –like an ancient Pompe fresco, or the book she handed me. Cecelia’s vintage Audubon Bird Guide: Eastern Land Birds. I hadn’t seen my youngest sister in years, our paths spread by age and circumstance, and vast duality. She was my only surviving family. So, when she called to give me some of our mother’s heirlooms, I went out of pure curiosity. “Remember Mommy’s obsession with this thing?” she asked as I...
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