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Mystery – May 30

“I should have shot him in the brain, had he shot me through the heart.”
– Future US President Andrew Jackson, who on this date in 1806 dueled with and killed Charles Dickinson, who had insulted Jackson’s wife.

Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist has to persuade two people intent on fighting that it’s not such a hot idea.

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