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KIM McGREAL: Waiting Game

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The platform’s empty. The train isn’t due for almost an hour, but I’m in no hurry.

Someone left yesterday’s newspaper on the bench. Another celebrity wedding. Another mass shooting. Same old, same old.

Tomorrow will be different. “Woman saves child,” it will say.

This time I’ll stop him from falling.

Kim McGreal lives in the UK with her husband, daughter, and a cat that believes scritches are more important than writing. She can be found on Twitter @kimsfic.

IAIN YOUNG: How It Usually Works

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“Call it in the air, ma’am.”

“Tails,” said Spring, lounging by the pool.

The groundhog caught the coin. “It’s heads, ma’am.”

“Best of three?” Spring asked.

“No,” said Winter, “and absolutely no more favors.”

“Not even a little one?”

“I’ll be at the bar,” said the groundhog. “Let me know.”

Iain Young asserts that no groundhogs were harmed in the writing of this story.