First Place Winner

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Regina Schimke “Thank God It’s Friday” WoB Short Story Contest submission 12/5/2021 Zzzzkkkkk! Thump, thump, thump. *fuzzy* Is this thing working? Don’t tell me I got the bad mic again. Crackle, pop! There we go. Finally! Hey, sorry I’m late, I was just really not feeling it this morning, you know? I swear I hit snooze at least eleven times. Anyway, I’m the narrator, if you didn’t already know that. Just give me a second to look this book over and we’ll get started. Oh, and don’t tell the boss I’m talking to you directly. It’s technically against the rules, but it’s Casual Friday here at work, so whatever. Hmm… looks like this book’s realistic fiction. Gag. I hate that genre. I guess that’s what I get for coming in to work late though. Again. Huff. Let’s just get this over with. So basically, there’s this girl. She’s, what, fifteen? Sixteen? Something like that. I know regulation says I’m not supposed to info dump, but I need to get you up to speed and all the other times I did y’all didn’t seem to care, so here goes:


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