Ashley Wong

“Cafe Connection” by Ashley Wong

Rylee is sitting alone, typing feverishly at her laptop. The cafe was bustling with people, yet she felt some sort of divide from them.Taking a sip of her iced coffee, she hums to herself. She takes a deep breath, tucks a loose strand of hair behind her ear, and continues typing.The paper was due tomorrow and she has revised it many times before; but, she felt like something was missing. In perspective, she was just a perfectionist who expected the best from herself. Sometimes, she went so far that she drove herself crazy.Her classmate Julie...

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“Lino, Nox and I” by Ashley Wong

Submitted to Contest #60

The world was slowly crumbling away in front of our eyes. Not by aliens, zombies, or by lava or volcanoes… but rather, by us. Humankind itself. After the governments decided to join Hendrick’s rule, everything began to fall apart. They began to kill the innocent, the weak and the poor. They thought that those who fell behind were going to slow down the progression of the human race. Now, they were hunting us down.  “We don’t have anywhere else to go…” Lino cradled Skipper in his arms, hugging the baby retriever close. I slumped down b...

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“Hunters” by Ashley Wong

Submitted to Contest #55

“Can you keep a secret?” Standing in the dim room with the moonlight shining in through the window, I looked Mary up and down. She was by far one of the most powerful hunters there were in the world. Her gold-silver hair fell around her face, her eyes piercing through me with her gaze. Hunters in this world were the ones who killed. There were many rumours, but everyone knew they existed. They’d come and take lives when your ‘time’ is up. Still, no one knew what ‘time’ represented - was it age? Money? Good and bad deeds? No one really knew...

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“Outcasts” by Ashley Wong

Submitted to Contest #50

Grappling at the final few branches above her, Miriam hauled herself up onto a platform. She sat down with a grin, her hair tousled in places. She took a few breaths to calm herself down before peering over the ledge to make sure Jeffory was following. “Hurry up!” Jeffory looked up, squinting at his friend.  “I’m not as good as you! Give me a few minutes!” Jeffory was a boy Miriam’s age with ashen blond hair. He was lanky, thin, and was an outcast back at his village. Miriam was the same. They had met the first time when both she an...

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“Why Bother” by Ashley Wong

Submitted to Contest #49

Standing alone in the crowd, the only thing that Stanton wanted was for the place to be empty. It was too loud for him. Too noisy. Too active. As he stood waiting, an announcement blared across the station. “The train to Zhang Zhou will be leaving in five minutes!” Stanton ignored it as people milled around him. Now that he looked again, the station he was at looked like an ant colony. With too many people, and too much chaos. Being in the train station a day before Chinese New Year in Shanghai, well… It was hectic. Babies cried, children ...

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“The Void? What's that?” by Ashley Wong

Submitted to Contest #47

“Right… All I needed to do was... “ You paused, trying to remember what your mother had told you before you left, “What as I supposed to do?” And as always, you can’t remember. You take your phone out of your pocket and dialed your mother’s number, waiting for her to pick up. There was no response, only the sound of the phone ringing endlessly. You sighed, put your phone away, and ran a hand through your hair. As you head further into the station with your belongings in your suitcase, you walked past people with weird and peculiar looks. So...

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“Is this really a vacation?” by Ashley Wong

Submitted to Contest #47

You grin as you check your watch.  Everything was going towards your plan. Not going to lie, but you really wanted to be late. Of course, and not have to go on a trip that you were kind of most likely pressured into agreeing to. As you continue to slowly walk towards the pier where the boat your friends have booked waited, you make sure that you arrive there exactly forty-five minutes late. They’d most likely have given up on you anyways, like always. They have no expectations of you, seeing as you always had things to do, whether tha...

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“Roadblocks and Plot Holes” by Ashley Wong

Submitted to Contest #46

“This is so rubbish.”Jenny sighed and ran a hand through her hair. The roadblocks and plot holes were giving her stress. She hated this feeling and it gave her a headache and a feeling of hopelessness and despair.“What should I do…?” She said. She wasn’t talking to anyone in particular. Maybe to herself, or to someone that did not exist. She sat there for a while longer in silence. She could hear the clock on her wall slowly ticking, and she could hear her air conditioner working to produce cool air.‘Dang it.’ She thought, ‘What do I do?"She...

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“"Cut"” by Ashley Wong

Submitted to Contest #46

"Cut! That was good! Let's do another one!"  The cameras clicked to signal the end of a take, as the actors on set re-read their lines to make sure they've got it remembered. The wave of familiarity washed over Pieter as he walked towards the filming crew. All the sounds in the studio were comforting to his ears. Sounds that he would always find himself longing for when he was taking a break.  "There you are!"  Pieter broke out of his thoughts and walked to meet the man hurrying towards him. The director stopped before him ...

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