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Submitted to Contest #312
TW: Mental Health & Physical Violence. Roger Wilkes had 6 hours to write a novel.Not just any novel. His second book—the one that would prove he wasn’t a one-hit wonder. The one that would stop his agent from ghosting him and his publisher from pulling the rug. The one that would keep his name on shelves and not in the dusty corners of literary one-and-done obscurity.He stared at the cursor blinking in the upper-left corner of a blank page in Scrivener, its steady rhythm like a ticking clock. It was 6:01 p.m. The deadline was midnight.Pa...
Submitted to Contest #218
The smell of everything bagels fills my nostrils. I can taste the seeds on my tongue. Cream cheese would make a wonderful blanket—hot chocolate seems appropriate to be holding. What it would be like to hold hands with serenity, feeling her silky calmness between each finger. I’m ready to sink into linen and velvet upholstery, pull out a good book, and let any daily stressors melt away. Except I can’t do that because an eccentric woman wearing a pink plaid apron shoves a 3-wick candle mere centimeters under my nose. “Our Everything bagel ca...
Submitted to Contest #96
TW strong language and mention of suicide “You’ve got mail,” the computer shouted at Callie. Callie scrolled through to discover the mile-long list of unread emails. “Why am I getting all of this junk?” She brushed it off her shoulders and created a group chat. The thought of her and her friends graduating from high school made Callie’s body jitter in her seat. While she waited, she checked in on her Tamagotchi—the pet was sick. Not wanting to think about her digital pet dying, she stared at her screen name: CuteChurchGirl97. Callie sudden...
Submitted to Contest #91
Shane Carpenter felt on top of the world. He was on the fast track to becoming Valedictorian of his graduating class — he had a beautiful girlfriend, Maria Starmino, and his father had set him up with an internship at his law firm after Shane graduates. One of Shane Carpenter’s most prominent traits was that he was always on time. That was until three days ago. “One more exam, and I am done with Law School,” Shane felt a plethora of stress roll down his spine. Maria spun around, and her flowery patterned dress followed suit, “That’...
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