Sitting in Silence

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Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Jul 20, 2022
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Today, I’m posting one of my published stories free for all premium subscribers. For context, this story relates to my previous writing craft post titled “Four Guns: Part One.” The story is “Mercury Forges,” which appears in my second book The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories. The story is flash fiction, so it’s a quick read. Use it for the craft lesson or just read it for your own entertainment.

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MY JOB was to make sure Mercury Forges didn’t escape. He was a stocky black guy in for drugs and guns. He’d gotten out of the Orleans Parish Prison twice and no one knew how he did it.

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