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She picks up a marble, rolling and squeezing it in her palm at a searing memory of betrayal. She lifts another object to her nose, breathes deep the unidentifiable organic aroma. This tiny scrap, nap nearly bald with love, is all that remains of her early childhood. That other, wedged into the corner of the...
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This week at the Carrot Ranch, Charli Mills challenged writers to In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story using the word, "swimmingly." which means "smoothly or satisfactorily." What is the situation? Who is involved? Let the word take you into a story. Go where the prompt leads! This is my response. I...
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I have to stop their fatal mistake. "Check your colours," I yell as I run, waving my arms frantically. They're trying to use only cloud white balloons. "STOP." I holler. "You need more colours." I blow out the breath I was holding and turn toward the balloon stand, grabbing two blue and two yellow to...
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Water. People who lived by water -the ocean, a lake, or a wide river- knew water. People who lived by water loved it. They were not terrified by it. Not so, me. Landlocked. I did not live by water; did not know water. I did not love it. I was terrified by it. I thought...
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