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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

April 1958 - a short story

April 1958 (Fiction 101 Series)

April sat up in her desk. Her teacher asked for the second time. Two was all the times the teacher allowed before being sent to the Principal’s Office. So, April sat up. This only gave her a better view out the window. From the second floor, she could see out her mystery window. Now she remembered. Her mystery window provided her an “A” on her last theme. She imagined a mushroom cloud erupt and instantly collapse, replaced by a man on a white cloud. She wrote a new theme about her collapsing fear. When will this take place? She asked herself. 
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"[The angels] said, 'why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.'" - Acts 1:11