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Submitted to Contest #212
1820 Longdon, New Mexico. Dear Mar, I wish I could say I’m sorry, but you know I’ve taken the oaths and cannot lie. Our time apart has not quite been long enough to warrant a lengthy ledger of my tedious duties, and you never cared for such things anyway. I will update you to say I am now made a Whipperton, that is a woman of status. I can cook as well as any housemaid, play piano like a master, and stitch tapestries for fun. Certainly, you know my patience is daily tested for I’ve never been given to detail, and I often finish whole tapestr...
Submitted to Contest #211
The dark orange flames arced and curved to a beat without sound. Like flickering fireflies, they shone with passion then settled down into their ember homes. A pattern-less dance, yet a soothing repetition to Chong’s weary eyes. He rubbed them. Pulo will be here soon. And I’m to get the map “at all cost” according to the director, that fat bastard. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. But I have to. The heavy library door rubbed the polished floors as it opened, re-etching a half-moon scratch onto the floor. Chong released a held breath...
Submitted to Contest #209
Mariapusa stroked the gold locket and took a deep breath of frigid air. It curled over her frozen cheeks like fingers, icing them into porcelain. Chestnut curls swirled, obscuring her view of the blue and white forest. She took a step. Mathias had dared her to go. And she was not a coward. Especially not when her brother were watching. “Snow, shadows, and fading sun make the weary traveler run and run. Though he travels deep and across, he remains lost.” She took the first step. Alive and watching, the wind howled. Hesitating, her single f...
Submitted to Contest #208
Eerie blue shadows danced across the walls of the alleyway. A cat screeched. Cart wheels creaked on Main street. A woman screamed obscenities at a man. The crack of a whip was followed by the helpless whinny of an indignant carriage horse. There were some things, Lugernot decided, he would not miss about his home. And that included most everything. He stuck out his tongue and received a falling snowflake. It turned to salt in his mouth. Scrunching his nose, he spat. “You never know what you’re gonna get out there.” “And that is half the f...
Submitted to Contest #206
The Eelinad girl clapped her hands as she twirled, delighted with herself. A mane of light, sometimes silver and others gold, spun with her. “I am clever!” Pinching her lips in disapproval, her mother lowered the velvet spined volume and raised a brow. “Cleverness ceases to impress when it is not governed by self-control.” Clear as crystal and shaped like diamonds, two youthful eyes fastened on her mother in protest. “But I don’t want to impress anyone. I just wanted to beat the riddle.” This time, her mother couldn’t hide her smile. “Ese...
Submitted to Contest #200
“My lips are sealed.” Light faded from the boy’s eyes as he came to terms with what he had to do. The body stretched before them nearly tripled his weight, but it didn’t matter. He’d disposed of bigger. He could do it. Just as long as he didn’t look at the face. As long as he didn’t give room to that lightless image. He hooked his arms under the fat corpse’s, keeping his head up. “They better be.” The muscles around the man’s mouth screwed too tight. Too tense. Too ready to order the boy’s own death. He didn’t have to say it. Romero wasn’t...
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