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The Modest Vixen of 1944
“You’ll have to ask your grandpa,” my grandmother said casually.It was a standard response in our family. My dad sent me two blocks to ask my grandmother what time we were meeting at Friendly’s for ice cream, and I was sent to my grandparents’ garage to get his answer. I walked into the two-car garage and instead of finding my grandpa, I saw two pictures of a mysterious woman in my grandfather’s chest-high, emerald-green tool chest. They were both wedged into the lid. The lid was exceptionally heavy, so he rarely kept it open. He told my brother and I once that he was afraid it would slam shut...
Truth In Jokes
After finishing a long day of work and taking a shower, I sat in my bed eating a homemade pita. I decided to then get on Instagram and see if anyone posted anything interesting.I scrolled past photos of my relatives, friends, and some of my co-workers.I liked a few posts and commented on one, but none of them really stood out to me. After being on Instagram for about 15 minutes, I was about to exit out of the app when I saw a post from someone I was extremely close to at the time...or so I thought. My supposed best friend Zena was pictured all hugged-up with a guy I had been dating on and ...
Blackstar
Elijah Mazursky, A reconnaissance Infantryman he was, dismounted in Iraq and Afghanistan. A C-130 crash on the airfield is what started the man's descent into madness. "Take down the fans," Elijah said to his mother, "Take down all the fucking fans, they're making too much noise!" He moved quickly, dismantling all of the ceiling fans around the home he shared with his mother and little brother. The sounds of the fan had already set off into Elijah's nervous system, It was fight or flight now. He stepped outside onto the balcony, pulling out a single cigarette from his pocket. A lighter is what...
Until Owen
She was falling asleep. Again. These graveyard shifts pulling overtime were brutal. Sofie was beginning to question if earning that extra pay was worth it when her eyelids werwww.onedoor.cce drooping on the freeway as she headed home to her too-tiny, one-bedroom apartment. She really wanted to save for a decent down payment on a house, but at what cost? Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you looked at it, the hospital was short on ER nurses. To help keep any nurse working longer hours, they’d converted a larger room into sleeping quarters, with a few bunk beds, and provided a shower for them to...