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⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #256
It was beginning to look like Henry was going to accomplish a goal he had been working towards for 30 years. And he was pissed about it. He was standing in the Crimson Dragon Pub at the center shuffleboard table during the championship round. But all he could think was that this was not how it was supposed to happen. One night 30 years ago Henry had started playing at the lone beat up old shuffleboard table at the Crimson with his old army pal Dave. Dave was about the only person that could stand any time around Henry, and even he only did t...
Submitted to Contest #101
I cannot believe what he said to me. It was incredibly rude. I can’t understand how people can be that rude to others so I just couldn’t let it go. After staring at the back of my eyelids for what felt like hours, I finally get out of bed. It was just a small comment that Gary had made, but it wouldn’t get out of my head. I paced around my bedroom for a while before finding myself at the mirror. As I contemplated what had happened, I stood in the corner, gazing at myself in the full length mirror. Overall, it had been a wonder...
Under a bright, clear night sky, two elderly beings sat gazing at the stars. They had talked, discussed, reminisced, and now, long into the night, they sat in tender silence. The being on the right looked over at the other’s face, illuminated by the three moons and asked, “I am glad to be here with you.” “Hmm. Oh yeah, why is that?” “Well, looking at all of the different star systems and galaxies I figure a lot of them have got to be a lot worse than the lives we have here. We are lucky to be located close to the center of the galaxy, wher...
Submitted to Contest #100
Wow. What a crazy world I live in. There was so much to see, so much going on. With my whole life up to this point having occurred in our home, I was a little overwhelmed being out in the open for the first time. My older sisters had told me about the outside world but being out here for myself is totally different. A lot of this I had sensed on my older sisters when they returned from outside our home. But it was so much more substantial being able to experience it myself. This was my first time outside of my family’s home since I w...
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