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Prompt #114: Danger and Peril

Prompt #114: Danger and Peril

Writing Exercise about a time you walked into danger (and lived to tell the tale, obviously)

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Suzanne Roberts
May 03, 2024
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Prompt #114: Danger and Peril
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Hi Friends,

The New Mexico highway turned into dirt and dropped out of sight, like in one of those dreams where the road disappears and you must float into space, only this wasn’t a dream, and my rental car wasn’t about to sprout wings and fly. I hit the breaks, skidding on the gravel in the Dodge Durango, a giant rear-wheel drive car that wasn’t meant f…

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