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75 Word story of The Last Thanksgiving
Last Thanksgiving
by Jerome Goldberg
Thanksgiving morning.
I am sitting quietly in the bedroom of our suite enjoying a coffee.
Every-year we get a hotel suite facing "The Parade" route. My husband and the kids are eating room service brunch and watching the parade on the street below.
My TV is on. The sound is off. A news banner crawls across the screen saying something about "TAKE SHELTER" ... Then ... suddenly we lose power ... a bright blinding flash ...
75 Words Flash Fiction contest entry
Thanksgiving morning.
I am sitting quietly in the bedroom of our suite enjoying a coffee.
Every-year we get a hotel suite facing "The Parade" route. My husband and the kids are eating room service brunch and watching the parade on the street below.
My TV is on. The sound is off. A news banner crawls across the screen saying something about "TAKE SHELTER" ... Then ... suddenly we lose power ... a bright blinding flash ...
I am sitting quietly in the bedroom of our suite enjoying a coffee.
Every-year we get a hotel suite facing "The Parade" route. My husband and the kids are eating room service brunch and watching the parade on the street below.
My TV is on. The sound is off. A news banner crawls across the screen saying something about "TAKE SHELTER" ... Then ... suddenly we lose power ... a bright blinding flash ...
Terror and Terrorists can strike at any time. Even on a Holiday. Remember that the attack on Pearl Harbor happened on the morning after the Navy Annual Holiday Party.
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