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Submitted to Contest #313
*** STRONG LANGUAGE *** “Johnny! Slow down! Slow down! You’re going to get us killed!” Kevin screamed. “We’re not going to make it if I slow down!”“We’re not going to make it because we’ll be dead!”Johnny slowed the car down, but only a little bit. His best friend, Kevin, clung to the grab handle. “Red light,” Kevin said.“It’s yellow.”“It’s going to be red by the time you…Johnny!”Johnny accelerated then turned left through the red light, swerving the oncoming traffic. He ignored the angry honks and middle fingers zipping past them. “We’re g...
Submitted to Contest #312
“Date: Friday, July 18, 2025. Time: 7:00PM. Temperature: 83 degrees. Weather: Partly cloudy. Sun will set at 8:21PM…”“Okay, Eli! I’m fully aware of all that! Are you sure there isn’t a setting to shut that off? Getting reminded every twelve hours is pretty annoying!”“V-Valerie cannot turn off basic settings.”“Well you should’ve been a Reporter-Droid instead of a Home-Droid.”“Providing weather and time u-updates to E-Eli’s Home-User i-is a part of E-Eli’s basic settings. Along with cleaning, cooking, protection, setting reminders, making phon...
Submitted to Contest #305
I hate going this way. I avoid it any chance I get, but the construction blocked all the other roads and the detours took me to this intersection. An intersection I know too damn well. And no matter how much time passes, whenever I find myself at this intersection, I always think I could go right and head home - but turning left would take… take me back to your apartment. Back to your second story studio apartment on Wicker Road. Back to that old, red brick building with those yellow, wallpapered hallways and rickety stairs. You and I used t...
Submitted to Contest #218
Vibrating sounds of static filled the air like angry loud bees. Distorted laughing and giggling went in and out with the static. The angry buzzing wouldn’t stop. The soft distant giggles grew louder then went quiet. Loud then quiet, as if someone was turning the volume on a radio up and down. I could smell pungent chocolate vomit underneath my face. I could feel it sticking to the corners of my mouth. The sour and rancid odor mixed with the smell of stale, vacuum burnt lint filled my nose. I could feel the itchy carpet squirming around my fa...
Submitted to Contest #186
***Trigger Warning - use of some foul language and abuse***“You’re home! Finally!”“Yeah, but I’m gonna…”“Where’s my kiss? Come here, give me my kiss.” “Donnie...I’m…”“I have been waiting all day for you!”“I’m sorry, someone called off, I had to cover…”“You didn’t think to text or call me? The last message you sent me was at 5:22. That was more than two hours ago! Why haven’t you texted me since?” “We were too busy, I was doing a lot of running around…”“You ALWAYS say that. Always too busy for me... always... take your coat off and ...
Submitted to Contest #183
It’s 8:44 PM and pitch black outside. Not even the moonlight is shining through my office window tonight. The missing moon makes this room seem even darker than usual. The only light I have is coming from a lamp sitting in the corner, but it’s only bright enough to see the door and a calendar hanging on the wall. Across from the door, is me, sitting at my desk staring wide-eyed at that dangling calendar… trying to process what just happened. My managers just left my office about ten minutes ago. I'm getting transferred in a week, “...
Submitted to Contest #38
“He’s probably dead!” Auntie Greta shouted up the stairs. Little Sadie was curled up in a ball in her tiny bed, her long whitish blonde hair stuck to her crying face. Auntie Greta has been taunting her more than usual ever since Leo ran away. Sadie missed Leo, her beloved orange tabby cat. He’s been missing for days and Sadie couldn’t stand another second without him. Especially another second ridiculed by Auntie Greta without his comfort. Leo made everything feel better, Sadie really felt like he listened to her. She looked up at the c...
Submitted to Contest #33
It was a hot August day when that dirty grey 1995 GMC Jimmy came barreling into the repair shop. It had mixed match paint, dents and scratches all over it. That thing was loud, had cracks in the windshield, covered in rust holes, was missing both of the side-view mirrors and reeked of cigarettes. The customer brought it in for an oil change; the technicians finished working on the car pretty quick and just needed someone to drive it out. Guess who that someone was. I was still extremely new and had no business being in that death...
Submitted to Contest #31
115“One….two….three….four….five….six…...ten….eleven….twelve….thirteen….twenty.... twenty-one…..twenty-two….twenty-three.…...thirty-two….” “Ana!”“Thirty-seven….thirty-eight…….forty-two….forty-three….forty-four…. Sixty-one….sixty-two….sixty-three….sixty-four….”“Ana! Dinner’s here!!”“Seventy-one….seventy-two….seventy-three….eight-one….eighty-two….eighty-three…..eighty-four….eighty-five….eighty-six….”“ANA!!”“ONE MINUTE!!!!......ninety-four…. ninety-five.. .ninety-six… ninety-seven….. ninety-eight….ninety-nine….one hundred. I fell flat...
Submitted to Contest #29
The early morning sun beamed down on the rabbits’ burrows, one by one, each rabbit started piling out and exploring the fields for food. It’s been rough on their community, the fields have been dry, no fruits or vegetables have been growing. The rabbits have been left with just dry grass and weeds to munch on. “I can’ts do this anymore, Meeko! I cants!” Kelly Toy exclaimed pacing back and forth, “I’ve been eating grass and random flowers for weeks now! I almost ate a bee!” “You shouldn’t be eating those flowers….” “I’m STARVING. ...
Submitted to Contest #28
“Will you please read it?” I begged over Mikie’s shoulder, he was watching his favorite Youtube videos. He didn’t say anything so I asked again. “Mikie! Will you please read this?” “Read what?” he finally said. “My short essay! For the writing contest! Come on, please! I could win an IPad!” He signed loudly and spun around in his chair to face me. I handed him my essay and he grudgingly took it out of my hands. I watched his eyes fly back and forth across my paper. After only a few seconds he threw the paper back to me then spun ...
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