Working Title: Middle Child
1st Sentence: Of course Sissy brought sweet potatoes.
Favorite Sentence: His fork stopped on the way to his plate—piled high with a second helping of those damn sweet potatoes—and I thought go ahead, you fat bastard, eat another marshmallow, see if I don’t divorce your pig-ass just for that.
Word Length: 840
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can't thank the Maine Arts Commission enough for granting her their 2012 literary fellowship, which she used to launch Daily Shorty. Claire writes, edits, coaches other writers, and blogs in Lewiston, where she stays sane by working on her scraggly yard, running 5Ks as slowly as possible, perfecting cracker recipes, and playing badminton. She spends the remainder of her free time with her sweet husband and perfect cats. You can contact Claire at dailyshorty@gmail.com.
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