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One Last Chance to Make it Real

One Last Chance to Make it Real

Small Town Drama Fiction: The boys were just trying to ignore how she made them feel.

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Nov 24, 2024
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A young woman sitting on the grass, in front of an old Chevy, wearing a prom dress.
Maria — Created by May More in Midjourney AI

This fiction story evolved from a conversation I had with my weird and wonderful brother in law about what actually happened in Bruce Springsteen’s Thunder Road. We surmised things wern’t all good for Maria.

So I wrote this story inspired by our converstation and the song itself.

I think its one of my very best…

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