A.J. Brown

“Perfume” by A.J. Brown

Submitted to Contest #61

“Say you’re sorry,” Craig said to the jerk as he held him in a rear-naked choke.  He was tightening his arms around the guy’s head and neck. He had no problem knocking him out if he had to. This guy had not only made a few inappropriate comments to his girlfriend, Ashley, but he had also messed up her hair. No one was ever going to put their hands on Craig’s girlfriend and get away with it. Ashley was looking straight at them. They stood on the side of the building. Craig followed the guy out when he saw ...

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“Post-Surgery, Part III” by A.J. Brown

Julie led the way outside, bashing in the heads of any zombie that got near them. It was daytime again and the zombies were out in full force. Julie made sure none of them got close to Jackson, using her frail looking arms to swing the bat like she was Babe Ruth. Jackson didn’t even carry a bat based on her suggestion that she could take care of them all on her own and him having a bat would just slow them down. She was his leader now and his guardian. “Where are we going?” he asked when they had a break from the attack...

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“Post-Surgery, Part II” by A.J. Brown

A sequel to my story "Post-Surgery, Part I" “I got you a pair of Nate’s sneakers and a pair of his socks,” Julie said. “The sneakers are going to be big on you but it’s all I have for you. We can get you a new pair once we’re gone. Most important thing right now is for the both of us to get out of here.” “Please just leave me alone,” Jackson said quietly as he remembered Nate’s warning. He had had Jackson by the throat warning him not to look at his girlfriend so he didn’t want to think about what would happen to him ...

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“Post-Surgery, Part I” by A.J. Brown

Terror was the first thing that shot through Jackson’s body as he woke up and saw that the faces of both the doctor and the nurse that were in the room looked like they were decaying. They were meandering around the room, sounding like they were hissing as they breathed, and they initially weren’t showing an interest in him.  The doctor was the first one to spot him and he made a move towards him like he was trying to attack. The nurse noticed this and did the same. Jackson was told that he wasn’t going to be able to dr...

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“The Guest Experience” by A.J. Brown

Submitted to Contest #59

Sam walked off the small bus past the driver who told him to have a good workout. Sam paid no mind, though. He was focused on checking out this new gym. He had been told that there were a lot of women here and he was ready to show off. The automatic doors moved over to the sides and allowed him to enter when he approached them. He breathed in the fresh gym air as he walked through them, ready to look around and check out the scene. He was a bit surprised to see the bare feet of the attendant resting on the desk she...

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“That Darn Heather” by A.J. Brown

Submitted to Contest #58

What bothered her most about the way Sean was talking to her was the smile on he had on his face. No compassion whatsoever and he spoke casually like this breakup wasn’t any kind of a big deal. “I mean, you’ll be good,” he said. That smile. He was breaking up with her. There shouldn’t be anything funny about it. “I’m sure once you get out there and start dating a bit you’ll have fun and actually enjoy it.” She could just play it off the way he was and act like it was no big deal. At least she wouldn’t give ...

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“Why?, Part II” by A.J. Brown

Submitted to Contest #51

(This is a sequel to my previous story – “Why?”) The music was loud and it sounded great on the warm evening. Every table was filled. They had a great view of the water from where they were sitting. He looked across the table at his date. Brooke was exactly the kind of girl that Matt wanted to be on a date with. She had blond, straight hair and a pretty face, was petite, and she was well-dressed. She was quite tan, most likely she got it in a tanning bed and not naturally in the sun, but that was fine with him...

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“Why?” by A.J. Brown

He had been staring up at the stars for a while wishing that he was anywhere else while Sonya was lying next to him, this probably being the highlight of her week. He looked down from the sky and looked straight ahead of him. Sonya’s feet were bare as she was always taking her flip flops off and going barefoot wherever she was. It drove him crazy that she did that. Why couldn’t she just wear shoes and keep them on? He didn’t want to look at her feet. They were a size 9 so they stuck out compared to her petite bo...

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“In the Woods” by A.J. Brown

Submitted to Contest #50

He was already running at full speed, seeing the blur of the houses go by the sides of his eyes. She had to have 60 pounds on him so he was pretty sure he would be able to outrun her either way, but her legs were longer and stronger than his so he didn’t want to take any chances. If he could just do an all-out sprint and lose her immediately that would be ideal. Of course, if he ran this hard and wasn’t able to lose her, he’d have a big problem. Thinking he was far ahead enough in front of her to do so, he turned his head to...

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“After the Run” by A.J. Brown

Submitted to Contest #49

He watched her putting her sock on her soft foot with the shiny blue toenail polish on it. He had been waiting for a while but he was going to have to wait longer. She secured the sock on her foot and now both of her feet had socks on them. Her socks were very white except for around the toes because they were Gold Toe. Somehow she always managed to keep her socks extremely white to the point where they looked brand new out of the package. He didn’t know how she did it. He knew they weren’t brand new, though, be...

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“Ready to Talk” by A.J. Brown

Submitted to Contest #48

She was a beautiful woman, that was for sure, but if they thought he was going to start talking just because they brought in an attractive woman then they didn’t know Frank Shaffer. It did surprise him that they left her in the interrogation room alone with him. Considering what the accusation was, he’d think they’d have to at least consider him dangerous, and leaving dangerous men alone in a room with a good looking woman normally wasn’t a good idea. Granted they could have gotten in there pretty quickly if he tried anything,...

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“Awkward Date” by A.J. Brown

Submitted to Contest #47

You check the time. Perfect. As intended, you’ve arrived fashionably late. You see your date sitting at the table. She is checking her phone. She doesn’t look annoyed that you’re a bit late but she’s obviously noticed. That’s good. You’ve got her attention but now you can make your entrance. “Emma?” you say as you approach the table as this is the first time the two of you are meeting in person despite seeing pictures online. “Oh hey,” she says with a friendly tone and doesn’t seem bothered that you wer...

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“Interesting Day” by A.J. Brown

Submitted to Contest #46

She looked around the room. Looked at her flat screen TV. Looked at her rug. Looked at her ceiling. Looked down her bare legs that were stretched out across the couch, her back rested on the armrest, her laptop sitting on her thighs, her bare feet resting at the other end of the couch with her toes pointed up at the ceiling. Erin loved to read – she read over 25 books a year. She wanted to write so badly but her life was so uninteresting that she had nothing to write about. She couldn’t pull much from her imag...

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“Something's Different” by A.J. Brown

Submitted to Contest #44

The first thing he noticed when the front door opened was Rebecca looked extremely tan. He supposed it shouldn’t have surprised him since she had just been in Florida for the week but even when they had done things together outside and at the beach in the past she normally didn’t get noticeably tan. That was unless she had and he just hadn’t noticed because she was with him as opposed to going away with her friends for a week.The second thing he noticed immediately when she looked at him was that something seemed different about he...

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“Dangling ” by A.J. Brown

Submitted to Contest #42

Greg sat in the chair that was placed a good distance from Tara’s desk. He thought her face looked pretty but also confident. He was already very nervous and this woman intimidated him. She was 28-years-old and was younger than anyone that had interviewed him in the past but she looked confident and powerful.Greg was 23-years-old and applying for the biggest job of his life so far with Tara. She wore a blue button-up sports coat over a blue dress that went down to her knees. Based on where he was sitting he could see...

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