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Submitted to Contest #287
‘Hi. Excuse me? Hello. I’d like one large coconut latte please.’Chris, who had been staring at the garden through the window, jumped at the voice, bringing her back tor reality.‘Of course, that will be £5.99 please,’ Chris said, punching the card button on the till. She had to stop daydreaming. She’d only just got this job, and not because she was any good at making coffee or serving customers. She only got it because a few members of staff quit at the same time and they needed someone urgently, and she needed to earn money before she found ...
Submitted to Contest #283
She turned the car to the right, gravel cracking under the tires, and her headlights spotlighted on her new house.‘Oh my goodness,’ she gasped.She’d never seen her uncle’s summer house before, but it certainly had an appeal in the wintertime too. The front garden was neat and tidy with a stone patio linking the driveway she finally owned to the curved black front door. She parked the car just in front of the garage door and got out, admiring the hedges lining her pathway and enclosing the house and garden to its surrounding road, stopping an...
Submitted to Contest #271
TW: mentions that a character was abused in the past, but no descriptions during the story. Freya trudged along the wet-ridden cobblestoned streets, trying not to slip or step into a puddle. She looked up from her phone screen for a second to cross the road, and sighed at the grey sky, casting down upon the dreary small town she’d lived in all her life. Every day felt exactly the same. She couldn’t wait to quit her job and move out of town. She’d been saving up for as long as she’d realised she didn’t have to live here forever. &n...
Submitted to Contest #268
Olivia worked so hard. She woke up as early as the sun rose, was one of the first people at the office, one of the last to leave, and the only thing that granted her some reprieve was her husband. The only time she could relax was when she was sitting down for her evening meal with him. Olivia was quite satisfied with her life, but she always felt that something was missing, and one day, she realised that what she was doing at work just wasn’t enough. She knew she would have to start spending a lot more time working, working even when she go...
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