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Grayson Chilcote

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Devil's Game

Grayson Chilcote

Submitted to Contest #260

“Hey.” David awoke with a start. He furiously looked around the room as he shot up from the place he was laying down in. And what he saw when looking around could be described as nothing short of the dream of any man above the age of forty. It was a room made of the smoothest wood you could imagine, coated and sanded to the point it felt like it was already paper. The walls were lined with glass shelves housing aged wines and the finest whiskeys from all over the world, and there were plenty of cabinets on the bottom of the shelves with the ...

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What's The Plan?

Grayson Chilcote

Submitted to Contest #259

“Is nobody gonna say it?” Yoko asked the group, now surrounded by soldiers in armor as white as a moon’s glow, with metallic guns pointed directly at their heads. Ren shuffled his feet beneath him, shifting the massive pack he now slung on his shoulders. This movement caused a couple soldiers to shift their guns towards him and he quickly raised his hands into the air, letting them know he had nothing worth aiming at. That was a lie, however. He had the stolen book in that backpack on his shoulders, and he’d rather be shot and emptied into s...

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The Spoils of War

Grayson Chilcote

Submitted to Contest #257

Dalmani felt his fingertips drown in the blood that flowed its way down the sword pierced through the boy's throat. He clutched the sword at its hilt and drew it back as the child clawed at his forearm in a desperate attempt to deal one final blow to his killer, an attempt that even he knew would be in vain. Dalmani stepped back as the corpse fell to the ground, above all the others. He breathed heavily, exhausted after the week of fighting in the forest. He hadn’t seen the sun in days, as the thick canopy combined with the endless rain kept...

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The Limits of Magic

Grayson Chilcote

Submitted to Contest #255

Tirisa wandered the forest, using the high canopy the trees provided to shelter her from the endless rain. She had been traveling for weeks now. She couldn’t tell where she was, she just remembered which way took her further into the forest, and which way took her back to the ruins of her village.  The Durthai had stopped pursuing her only a week in, leaving her to eventually die in the forest, alone. But if the stories that the people in the village told were to be true, then she wasn’t truly alone in this forest. In fact, she couldn’t...

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Defying Gravity

Grayson Chilcote

Submitted to Contest #254

Gabe stepped off the party bus his friends had rented, and proceeded to walk through the intricate wooden doors that towered over the drop-off area. The building was made out of marble and stone, and the doors helped to complement the resources used.  It was prom, so it made sense why they were going all out, but Gabe didn’t really understand. For years this night has been promised to be the most fun and eventful of your entire schooling career thus far. And when Gabe walked into the main room, and no one was dancing or looked like they...

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At Least It's Quiet

Grayson Chilcote

Submitted to Contest #253

Tyler walked out of his room, fresh out of a much needed after school nap. He heard the garage door rise and the front door open, which meant his parents must be home from work and his brother home from baseball. They rarely have nights as a family anymore, so Tyler was excited for tonight when they would finally be able to sit down and just eat dinner all together again.  The boy often forgot why they didn’t spend much time together anymore. When he was young, they would go to the mall or watch movies or play outside or build toys. The...

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Quiet World

Grayson Chilcote

Submitted to Contest #252

“Someone’s following us.” Tanil said as he threw on his hood and unsheathed his knives. “What?!” Valla shouted, quickly turning around to see if Tanil was telling the truth. She couldn’t see anything however, as the light of the moon was covered by the chimney they hid behind.  It was late in the night, and the pair of assassins were perched atop of a house, not wanting to move again till they were sure it was safe. It was Valla’s first mission, and Tanil served as her master for the night. He was assigned by the Alliance, but if she di...

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A Family Delight

Grayson Chilcote

Submitted to Contest #250

Tiolu sat at the cloud white table and stared at his food. Well, “food” is a generous term. What the hosts of this party gave him was an insult to food. Tiny little pieces of meat or something baked with clearly no love at all, only cooked to look nice and housed no taste, no substance, just like everything here. His mom would’ve shamed every person here.  He tried to hide it, but the woman to his right, Lia, noticed something was wrong. She always did. “Tio, what’s going on?” She asked. He glanced up at her then back down to his plate....

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An Old Friend Named Bullseye

Grayson Chilcote

Submitted to Contest #249

Dalmani’s squad was pushed so far back, he bumped into the archers who were supposed to be holding the line on the opposite side of the hill. They probably had been pushed up the hill as well. As the steel on his back met the leather of another, he spun around to see if the enemy had advanced behind him. He was met with a pleasant surprise, however, as he made eye contact with one of his oldest friends, Merellie.  Merellie is a great archer, one of the army's best. The man is practically born to hold a bow in his hands, and is gifted wi...

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A Tale of Two Cities

Grayson Chilcote

Submitted to Contest #248

In the far reaches of space, there lies a planet so small, only two cities are able to rest upon its surface. The two cities made an agreement long ago that only they would be the sole residents of this planet, no more and no less, and thus named it Ilostor.  On one side lies a city named Ichirite, and on the other there is Unoqor. Both cities lived separate lives away from the other, only ever convening once per rotation to celebrate another successful cycle. They called it the Festival of Gold, and it was a glorious time. Both cities ...

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Graduate

Grayson Chilcote

Submitted to Contest #246

Mikey sat on a swing set in his cap and gown, letting the light of an ending day envelop him as he slowly rocked back and forth. The swingset was located in the park that he grew up around. Placed at the center of his neighborhood, it had always served as a gathering place for the kids in the neighborhood. A playground and jungle gym with three swing sets all set upon a raised patch of mulch, it was the ideal place for any bright eyed kid, a perfect place to make memories. But now it was nothing but a memory itself.  Mikey stopped rocki...

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