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“Write a story that experiments with tone — perhaps a difficult subject dealt with in a playful way, or an ostensibly happy scene that hints at darkness lurking beneath.”

Posted in Short Story on Jun 16, 2023

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Graduation Day

Kacey Waters

Weekly Contest #203

“Congratulations Graduates!” Principal Banes’ voice boomed over the PA system. The sound commanded the attention of the teens who had been talking excitedly amongst themselves, seated alphabetically in rows of plastic folding chairs. He gazed out over the gymnasium taking in the bright young faces of his students and their proud parents filling the bleachers in the back. Freshly polished vinyl floors gleamed in the fluorescent lighting, and a red carpet had been unfurled down the aisle for the students to be presented with their new destinie...

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