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Submitted to Contest #52
You could barely distinguish the window from the still blank white walls of my bedroom. Outside, snow blanketed the city of Madison in a thick coat of shimmery white, in what would be the worst blizzard on record since 1954. The roads were frozen and desolate. Seeing through the dense horizon of snow was difficult enough, driving was a whole treachery in and of itself. Moving in early January was a fatal mistake on my part; I knew the winter would be difficult, however, I severely underestimated the ruthless unpredictability of midwestern we...
Submitted to Contest #51
I wake to the sound of my alarm obnoxiously screeching from the tiny speakers on my phone. Lazily, I roll over feeling my way around my nightstand for the hand-held nuisance that just ruined my morning. The phone reads, “good morning” with a small blushing smiley face emoji, a grave juxtaposition to the violently loud siren currently blaring throughout my bedroom. I resist the urge to throw the little devil out of my window instead choosing to turn it off and slamming it back on the nightstand. Then, I crawl back into the bed, letting the so...
Submitted to Contest #50
“I’m sorry, but… I… I just don’t… I can’t, Jamie.” My broken rejection reverberated into the humid September night. My voice was only a whisper, however, the soundwaves of a relationship reaching its untimely end, thundered through the park. That night, even the breeze refused to blow, suspending the moist air amid the tall woody oaks surrounding us. The day began to cool after the sun set, however, the forest still buzzed as it had in the heat of the day. Time encased the two of us, standing alone together, under the generous oak in th...
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