Charles Wasilausky

“Fact or Fiction ” by Charles Wasilausky

Submitted to Contest #88

Onice, in the far off land of Saision, lived a young man named David. David enjoyed entertaining people by telling stories, although sometimes he got so caught up in his story telling that he couldn't tell what was reality from fiction. His parents tried to tell him before to limit his story telling times, but David didn't listen. One day, David started telling a story to some neighborhood kids. "Did you know that before our ancestors came here to Saision, it was inhabited by a wide variety of monsters. Some had tusks, claws, wings, feathers...

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“One Magical Night” by Charles Wasilausky

Submitted to Contest #65

One chilly evening in Salem, Massachusetts, a strange traveler arrived. This traveler was unusual in several ways. For one, she was dressed in a black robe, had a large pointed hat for another. Her mode of transportation was a broom. She was a witch. Upon arriving in Salem, Misty, the witch touched the ground, pointed her finger at the broom, and it became invisible. "Now, let's see. I'm supposed to meet the other witches at the local Denny's. I'm about 15 minutes early. I will ask the next person I see." About three minutes later, Misty fou...

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“Creeping Along” by Charles Wasilausky

Submitted to Contest #65

One day, Vince, an athletic boy of twelve and his friend John were having lunch at school. "Do you have any big plans for tonoght," John asked. Vince, who just took a bite of food, chewed, swallowed, and responded, "I don't. My parents are wanting to go visit my grandfather's grave this evening. It will be after football practice." "Are you up for a challenge," John asked, with a grin across his face. "Sure, what is the challenge," John responded. "Let's spend the night in the graveyard. We can visit a lot of people tonight," John said. "Bes...

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“The Big Surprise ” by Charles Wasilausky

Submitted to Contest #65

"I am sorry, but I am afraid your father didn't survive the crash," Dr. Fleming said keeping his voice solemn. "What happened," Dave asked. He was planning on visiting his father over the weekend. Once he received the phone call from the hospital saying there was a car crash, and his dad was looking slim for survival, Dave rushed to the local hospital. Once he arrived, he learned that his dad was in critical condition and there was a chance he would pass away from his injuries during the night. Dr. Fleming came in six hours later with the ne...

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“Uncle Jake's Big Night Out” by Charles Wasilausky

Submitted to Contest #65

"When will he be here," five year old Joey asked his mother. Joey, a very energetic boy, dressed as a lion, was looking forward to having his Uncle Jake take him trick or treating. You see, Joey was very close to his Uncle, and enjoyed being around him. "Uncle Jakenwill be here soon, Sweetie," Joey's mother answered. A few minutes later, the doorbell rang. Joey jumped up, ran over and answered the door. Uncle Jake stood there dressed as a storm trooper. "Hi, Buddy, how is my favorite nephew doing today?" Uncle Jake asked. Joey jumped up and ...

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“Howls in the Night” by Charles Wasilausky

Submitted to Contest #65

On one blustery October day, a moving van was seen in front of an old, abandoned house. Now, this house was going to need a lot of work as the windows were boarded up, the door was almost completely off its hinges, and the wood on the floor and porch were rotted through. It wouldn't support the weight of an adult. There were rumors about this house being haunted. Most people in this small town of Allyn avoided this house. When a group of teenagers saw the moving van in front of the house, they were surprised and decided to do some investigat...

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“Uncle Roy ” by Charles Wasilausky

Submitted to Contest #64

The Ford family was unlike any other family for several reasons. For one, they liked old broken down houses. For another, they liked to collect artifacts that had legends of a curse on it. Their most prized possession was a scepter from Ancient Egypt. However, rather than talk about it, they were very secretive. The Ford family never invited people over and rarely attended social gatherings. One day, Mr. Ford, who was a telemarketer, overheard a rumor that his home was haunted. He decided to listen in on the conversation so he could have his...

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“The New School ” by Charles Wasilausky

Submitted to Contest #64

"It won't be that bad," Mrs. Timber said as she loaded up her troubled son into her Ford Escape. "A lot of people in history have been in a boarding school of some kind." "Really? Like who," Timmy asked. "There's plenty of people. I heard people in England go to boarding schools when they are around your age now," replied Mr. Timber. "There's only one problem with that. We aren't in England, we are in the United States," Timmy spat. Timmy was a twelve year old boy who always was picked on. The last time it happened, he retaliated by punching...

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“From Apples to Family ” by Charles Wasilausky

Submitted to Contest #63

Russ and Alex woke up early one Saturday morning. They were excited because Alex's parents were taking the two of them to a nearby orchard to pick apples for the day. Russ, excited, was dripping milk down his chin from his morning cheerios, said "What do you and your parents do with the apples you pick?" Alex, also enjoying his cheerios, finished his bite and said, "We make all kinds of things for the bakery. Apple pies, apple cobbler, apple crisp, and we even make our own apple juice and cider to sell. We stay busy picking apples every Satu...

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“The message ” by Charles Wasilausky

Submitted to Contest #62

One afternoon, during history class, Alex had a sudden thought. What if some of the people in history were trying to leave a message for them in the future? Then he suddenly thought, if he and his friends were to try leaving a message for the people in the future, what would he say? Then Alex decided to put together a time capsule with his friends. Suddenly the hell rang signaling the end 9f the day. Alex found his friends Nikki and Doug by the bike stand waiting for him. He wasted no time in telling them about putting together a time capsul...

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“Treasures of the Past” by Charles Wasilausky

Submitted to Contest #61

"There you are," muttered Rick as he found his old toy hippopotamus that he received from his parents at his fourth birthday. Mr. Pounds was Rick Moore's childhood favorite toy that had seen him through countless adventures, joyful moments and heartbreak. Now that Rick was married with a son who was turning four, he decided to pass Mr. Pounds the hippo onto his son. "You will have new adventures with Junior. He will love you as much as I do. He loves hippos," Rick said to his old friend as he went to his bedroom to wrap up the toy. Rick was ...

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“Return of the Undead ” by Charles Wasilausky

Submitted to Contest #60

"Run! Run for your lives," screamed Fred, an officer in a small African Village in Rwanda as a nuclear bomb was dropped from an invading army. Fred, who was familiar with nuclear weapons though never seeing or using them because of how poor his village was, knew the dangers that were coming. So far, in the last six months, they had seen their crops devoured by locusts, a massive earthquake wiping out some nearby villages, and a huge outbreak of Ebola. If Fred had any guesses, he would be saying that the apocalypse was upon them. Unfortunatel...

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“A New Beginning ” by Charles Wasilausky

Once, after a huge explosion, there was a large city in ruins. Huge piles of rubble everywhere and bodies of people buried under the rubble. Jack, who feared this kind of thing for years decided to convert his basement into a bomb shelter, and got the necessities for life so he could be safe. His friends had thought that he was crazy. But now that didn't matter. Jack decided to sleep in his bomb shelter and heard the explosion happen. He started to wake up after a rough night's sleep. Jack decided to go make himself some coffee then go see w...

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“Alone for the Holidays ” by Charles Wasilausky

Submitted to Contest #59

Once, in the city of Seattle, lived a man that was alone. His name was Logan Blossom. Logan was constantly attracting attention because some people considered him to be weird. Logan had been hurt by the people he thought he could trust. That caused him to keep to himself for than anything. One day, Logan went for a walk around downtown Seattle near the ferry docks. He noticed that the city was starting to put up Christmas decorations for the season. Once he noticed the decorations, he was thrown into Memory Lane. Memories of Christmas cookie...

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“Pioneer Days ” by Charles Wasilausky

Submitted to Contest #58

"Mom! The wind is really picking up," called Jason as he brought in the last bag of groceries that they just picked up from the store. "It will be fine, honey. Don't worry, you will still be able to watch your game shows tonight. The wind will probably die down soon," replied hos mother. A moment later, the power flickered off and on again. "Just in case though, let's go get the barbecue and charcoal out from the garage and get some flashlights and the tents. Its possible that we may end up losing power tonight." Jason, feeling scared about ...

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