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Submitted to Contest #44
I never saw it coming. I was taking my kids home from school. "Noah, Amber! Quit fighting!" I had just commanded, trying to manage to keep control of my kids and my vehicle simultaneously. I glanced at the backseat for a second, and when I looked back at the highway, it was too late. My stomach lurched like I was on a rollercoaster as a massive 18-wheeler careened uncontrollably straight towards us. I reached for the steering wheel, but before my fingertips even touched it, I heard a deafening CRUNCH and the sickening screech of metal. Time ...
Submitted to Contest #31
Violet sighed as she dumped her family's clothes into the washing machine. The load was large because she had a family of five. Her three children were staying at their grandmother, Margaret's house for the night. Violet absentmindedly turned the knobs that changed the settings of the washing machine. She cursed as she stubbed her toe on one of Connor, her two-year-old son's toys. Violet occasionally regretted her decision to become a stay-at-home mother to her three children. She resigned from her job as a dentist a week before Amber, her o...
Submitted to Contest #21
For as long as I remember, I was an only child. That was why I was so shocked to discover that I had a sister. Let me take a small step back. One day ago, on Christmas Eve, I heard a loud knock on my door. I was still in my soft, plush robe with a large cup of steaming coffee in my hand. "Who in the world could that be?" asked my husband, Michael. "No one was supposed to come until noon." I just shrugged and shook my head as I half-walked, half-slid in my bedroom slippers towards the large oak door. I peeped out the window a...
Mr. Robinson stared out the window of his quaint, modest inn. He looked sadly at the neon vacancy sign shining in the night. Even during the holiday season, there were no customers. He sighed to himself as he wondered how he could possibly keep his pride and joy running. “I’ve put so much into this little inn,” he said miserably to himself. He had already taken 150 dollars out-of-pocket that month just to keep the lights on and the water running at the inn, and he only had one customer during that time. As he gazed at the crumbling road...
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