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Submitted to Contest #267
I have never seen the sun and as long as Francine is alive I never will. When she first arrived, her presence felt familiar. Storms just like her have closed schools and businesses before. They’ve created chaos in big box stores and forced families to spend the week's check on copious cases of water, medicines and non perishables. Some have even worn people so thin that they uproot their entire lives and head North preferring the bleak winters over the slippery coast. But when a few months of bad weather turned into years of bad ...
Submitted to Contest #201
Now I’m twenty-five staring up at the sky in an empty field with a mouth full of glitter. It’s midnight now and it was midnight when I first arrived on this earth. Unwanted and brave. Unexpected and slight. My heart is beating through my hands, which are still welded to the metal barricade. I came here alone. I came here and got exactly what I wanted. So, why do I feel so empty? I sense a trickle like blood weaving down my leg making its own sad, little stream. It’s the only thing I can feel besides my mela...
Submitted to Contest #166
“I quit!” No. Not strong enough. “I QUIT and all of you can go to hell!” No. Too passionate. “Tybalt is dead and Romeo banished and… I QUIT!” Yes. That’s it. Dramatic yet tasteful.“Ten minutes til places! Ten minutes til places! Have a wonderful second act everyone!” The assistant stage manager’s voice sharply crackles through the intercom. Outside the dressing room I hear a unanimous “thank you 10!” from the cast and crew. I don’t bother joining them because I finally have privacy, which is hard to come by when you’re sharing...
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