The Lottery Ticket
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He does not know where the lottery ticket came from. It was in his mailbox on Wednesday morning. It could be a mistake but he has no way of finding out. Maybe a fairy godperson. He waits until Thursday night to check the ticket because it could help to let it simmer. Nineteen. No, his lowest number is fourteen, but he does have nineteen also. Twenty-one. He has a tattoo of a dolphin. Twenty-seven. No, no, no, he has lower back pain and tax debt and a Powerball number of dumpling. Who would do such a cruel thing?
Regitze Ladekarl has re-emerged as a raconteur after a long, successful career elsewhere. She crafts universal tales from everyday lives with an honest, sharp and witty pen. Besides working on a forthcoming novel, she flexes her voice with personal essays, flash fiction, and method writing here on Medium.
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