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Submitted to Contest #93
Larry Norris was a sixteen year old boy who was a dreamer. He was often chastised in class for looking out the window. One day, his teacher asked what he was looking at in the middle of English class and turned to her and smiled. “Did you ever wonder what it would be like to be able to ride a cloud?” Everyone in class laughed. But, Larry wasn’t laughing. He looked around and started laughing at them. “You people have no imagination.” That statement didn’t exactly make him a real popular guy. But, Larry didn’t care...
Submitted to Contest #92
It was dark, the thunder rolled off in the distance and the threat of rain was real. The wind gusted at times; showing flashes of true might. Despite the fact that the weather was threatening, it didn’t matter. Tonight was the night. Jason Cameron was fifteen years old. There were three things he really cared about in life: his Fender Stratocaster, rock and roll and the badass motorcycle that sat in the garage awaiting a sixteenth birthday that was only two weeks away. But, tonight, there was a mission. His ent...
Submitted to Contest #91
Marny arrived on the steps of the library out of breath. She looked around and fixed her glasses and hair. A casual observer would have thought she was on a date rather than escaping to a quiet, mundane place like the public library. She took a deep breath and walked inside. The regulars looked at her and shrugged their shoulders; they had never seen the young teen in the place before. Arlene Armstrong, one of the library assistants looked and smiled at her. Marny returned the smile and then darted away. She flo...
Submitted to Contest #90
They call themselves the Green-Earth Society, a true branch of the Eco-Warrior movement. But, they are a peaceful tribe. They don’t own guns or bombs or any type of weapons. Some have classified them as a cult; their religion would be the environment. Their devotion and worship to Mother Nature is second to none. It all started when Joshua Reynolds returned to the old camping ground that his parents took him to when he was just a young lad. His siblings cherished that place; it was magical fun. The place was c...
Submitted to Contest #89
Joey arrived home from school and there was a package waiting for him. There was no return address and he looked at it very curiously. “Well, aren’t you going to open it?” His grandmother stared at him. “I am.” He carefully and methodically opened it. Joey closed his eyes and reached inside. “I knew it.” He pulled out the beautiful kite and his smile was something every grandfather would be proud of. II Joey arrived at the park and was very disappointed. Harold wasn’t there. He sat on the ben...
Submitted to Contest #88
The Writer and the Elf Once, there was a young man who wanted desperately to be a famous writer. He tried very hard, took courses, studied the craft and then wrote some very fine stories, but none of them ever made him any money. In order to pay his bills, he had to take a day job doing manual labour and really didn’t like it. The supervisor didn’t like him and gave him a really hard time. He thought of all kinds of situations where he would get her in trouble, but it never happened. So, he endured and kept wor...
Submitted to Contest #87
The Golfer and the Pixie Mike Belmont stood at the edge of the field and drilled one golf ball after another. They went straight and long. He worked up a good sweat and was thrilled with the morning effort until he drilled the last one in the small clump of trees way to the left. He checked his watch and realized that he had to get going. So he trudged out to the field and started to collect the golf balls. He had turned around and was coming back when the guy remembered the one in the woods. So he went into th...
Submitted to Contest #86
The Hibernation It was deep in the forest an area that few if any had ever entered. The trees were tall, majestic, the foliage was thick, apparently impenetrable. The snow that the sun could fire at had melted, but the white crystals that managed to fall out of the zone remained like a lump of grey cauliflower. Amid all of the changing face of nature was a hut almost totally unseen. In fact, if someone was foolhardy enough to try and break through the thick foliage of this particular area, they would probably miss it. The...
The Molten Strawberry Festival It was the Strawberry Festival a rite of spring in Molten, California, a place world renowned for their delicious red berries. Every year they would throw together a real cool time with rides for the kids, games of chance, a beer tent, various bingo challenges and of course mounds of fresh, succulent strawberries. The The kids loved it and for the teenagers it was a good place to hang out with friends and be cool. It was the talk of the town long before the even...
Esmeralda and the Woodland Creatures Once upon a time, there was someone who deserved more love than she received. Esmeralda was not a very pretty girl. She wasn’t the smartest girl in school and certainly not very popular. In fact, she was the one kid everyone picked on. They were mean to her and bullied the young lass. Many of the other students watched as she was pushed around and humiliated. They couldn’t believe that she would take all of that nonsense and not fight back. ...
The Flower Girl It was spring in the city. The messy, ugly grey snow was mostly gone. The grass, plants and flowers struggled to gain some type of root and the birds were busy gathering all types of material to build nests in anticipation of future arrivals. Duane Jennings worked in the city and lived on the outskirts in a rather nice suburban section. The commute was forty-five minutes one way, every day, but it was worth it. He had a really great spot and the idea of living in the congested, dirty city was revoltin...
The Robin Lilly and Randy were walking home from school talking like they did every day, two carefree kids without any real worries. The sky was blue, the sun was shining and it was just a grand day. She stopped and motioned him to remain quiet. “Look at the robin over there.” “So what?” “So what, you clump head, that is the first sign of spring.” Randy watched the robin hop about looking for food from the ground that was still hard and mostly free of snow. The winter had been very tough on everyone. “I wish I had som...
Submitted to Contest #85
When Allison met Robert When Allison and Robert met they were ten years old. She and her mother had been living there for some time. He and his recently divorced mother moved in a floor below the young girl. They first met leaving to catch the bus. As it turned out, they were attending the same elementary school. They walked out and nearly bumped into one another. “Hello, my name is Donna and this is my daughter, Allison.” She was a cute little girl with dark, curly hair and hazel eyes. She was of averag...
Submitted to Contest #84
Rhonda’s Room It was Rhonda’s room and it was a direct reflection of her personality and intelligence. On one wall, there were pictures of the cosmos and atoms and Albert Einstein. The planets were painted into the blue universal sky and appeared very real. On a different wall, there was a forest deep, mysterious and serene. If one looked very closely a unicorn was hiding behind one of the giant redwoods. Another wall featured classic cars including a red Ferrari S.p.A., a silver Alfa Romeo Guiletta Spider, a yellow F...
Submitted to Contest #83
Mildred and The Sea Lovers Once, there was a poor starving artist named Mildred Armstrong. She was a mid-thirties female, somewhat attractive, but really down on her luck. The previous week she had been kicked out of her loft and now lived on the beach in a cave. Mildred fished for her food and drank the water from a nearby spring. She didn’t own very much having sold everything to pay the rent only to be evicted in the end. It was frustrating to say the least. She had put so much in her r...
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