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Submitted to Contest #279
It was a high school auditorium. The stage was set, and a large projector screen was down. There was a podium in the middle, with "Z.V" etched in the middle. The polished leather seats gave way to some very high ranking scientists. The wood floor was accented with strokes of wood, and everything was all high quality, set up for the very best. They were all gathered here for a presentation, and the one presenting was a zombie. The camera started rolling, and the presentation was on. "The apocalypse was not our fault. Are we green? Y...
Submitted to Contest #278
It was the middle of a neighborhood, a perfectly nice one with calm people...except for one family.Noise and clamoring filled the house. There was not a single pocket of the rusty, hastily decorated suburban home that did not hold memories of bickering amongst the family. Whether it be in the bedroom, kitchen, or bathroom, it was always about something. Now, in this family, was a young boy named David. At the age of 6, he thought quite like a politician, who wanted peace but had personal motives. He saw his family as the Civil War, only he c...
Submitted to Contest #277
It began with a simple misplacement on a crisp autumn day.Leaves crunched under people's tennis sneakers as they enjoyed the cool and breezy weather for once in the summer heat of El Paso, Texas.The student sat forlornly in a classroom overlooking the grand park, a sanctuary in the weathered plains. Everyone longed for that cheap plastic chair, but that particular student thought it was taunting and ironic that they were trapped in a dull, painted-over brick building while everyone else was free to live. He was so absorbed in thinking that h...
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