Challenge
July Drabble Challenge: MURRICA
Tell me a story tied to the USA in exactly 100 words. Winning entry will be selected by me and will be a prose, not poetry, submission. Wow me with your lean, mean, American tale in honor of the Fourth of July. Take it in a patriotic direction, an ironic spin, tell a war story, or examine the modern United States with a critical eye (or all of the above). Tie in to the theme in any creative storytelling way you can. I'll read and judge the entries in early August.
Happy Fourth of July
As fireworks burned loudly in the sky, Maryanne looked at her husband of thirty years. He had been a Vietnam War veteran during the early years of their marriage, and she could still remember the long nights she spent alone worrying about his safety overseas. But seeing the pride he had for his country all these years later she knew why he went and did what he did and how it was all worth it. And she felt it too, at that moment, with everyone wearing red, white, and blue shirts, with sparklers in their hands.
“Happy fourth of July!”
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