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Submitted to Contest #267
There was absolutely no need for me to go, I would be of no help, but I was invited, and glad for the excuse to have a few days off work. It was Memorial Day weekend, Dad and I drove the seven hours to Kansas, with Grandma and Grandpa, to help them on the farm, removing brush out of the waterways in the corn fields. However the weather had turned for the worse, but Dad and I had already arranged for the time off work, So Grandpa didn’t want to cancel, and the work needed done regardless. We checked into the hotel, and met up with some family...
Submitted to Contest #262
August 17th 2010.It all started like most summer vacations, everyone waiting for that day, to travel somewhere exotic and fun, free from school and work. My family had been planning this trip all year, not just your everyday beach vacation, but all the way to the Caribbean! We arrived at the airport, in record time for a family of six, and three of them girls no less, they can be quick when they want to be.Dad, my brother and I took up one row, while Mom and my sisters took up the row directly in front, my siblings and I getting somewhat bor...
Submitted to Contest #257
For Hundreds of years, the White Kingdom, and the Red Realm have been locked in battle. The White Royals, have fought to keep their land, and on several occasions had nearly been wiped out. It was for this cause, three generations ago, the White King made a decree for all his people, every man woman and child would be trained for battle, and were divided by rank. The highest rank of course being the royal family, then there were the defenders, an elite force that closely guarded the royals, and kept the walls heavily fortified, next the...
Submitted to Contest #256
March 14th 1945 Pvt. Daniel Brody. 9th Division Infantry.Nurse Cora says I should write about what happened. She thinks it might help me get over the emotional trauma, or at least help me cope, and deal with the nightmares that continue to haunt me. It has been six months, and still it continues to remain vivid in my memory, sometimes I feel like it's happening all over again, and I cannot be rid of the torment, or the guilt. In my sleep, I see the faces of my comrades looking at me in shame and distress. I would much rather face defea...
Submitted to Contest #254
1862 Missouri was safe for no one. It was a state divided by loyalties to both the North and South. One never knew if their neighbor was a friend or foe, and those who did, built up their own private militia's, and battled among the fields of their homes. Still, many Missourians either chose to pretend nothing was amiss, or they used their daily interactions, as a front to gain information and send it off to whichever side they deemed necessary. By all other accounts, it was a beautiful summer day, and a ball would be taking place that eveni...
Submitted to Contest #253
Henry checked his watch, he was a few minutes late, so of course his good friend Tom was already halfway into his meal. Sliding into the booth he waved down a waitress and quickly ordered his meal. Henry looked across the table at his best friend, watching him eat a steak like it was his last meal. “Sorry I’m late, man, I cannot wait till the weekend! Got any weekend plans Tom?”Tom stopped gorging himself, and swallowed a mouthful before he responded, “No, I was just thinking on that, you know... I want to do something wild an unexpected” ...
Submitted to Contest #252
Harper knew she was being followed, she didn't dare look, it was better to remain as if she was a typical oblivious girl, but in reality, she was aware of all her surroundings. Had it been an hour? Two? Was there more than one? No matter how many corners she took, or crowds she immersed herself in, someone or something was always near. Harper followed every evasive maneuver she could think of, why couldn't she shake them? Whoever they were they were good, but she wasn't ready to give in. She had counted three shadow's, but she mu...
Submitted to Contest #129
The Sequoias, Year 1950 Henry Scott Mountain top closed off due to avalanche caused by heavy snow, no way up or down, low on food, only planned for a weekend, no idea how long we will be stuck, friends all despairing, trying to decide who’ll we’ll have to eat first, I voted for the one who weighs the most.Entry 1. We are optimistic, that we will be able to blaze our way back to civilization, some think we need to ration...
Submitted to Contest #122
It all started because of his promotion and bonus pay, he wanted to surprise her with a shopping trip in the city, little did Carter know it would take the entire day, and he was beginning to regret his generous idea, however his wife Becca was ecstatic, living in a small town neither had seen anything grander than the drug store, and she was wild with delight, dragging him from store to store, at first he couldn’t get her to leave the baby in her mothers watchful care, but now they were here, he was pretty sure she had forgotten she even ha...
Submitted to Contest #121
Working in retail is a daily struggle, dealing with people of all kinds, and usually not the most pleasant, often the employees are overlooked as humans, and now with the current problems, there are those feeling underappreciated, and leaving because the job is just too stressful, of course there are also those who prefer government handouts rather than earning their way, but that’s another story altogether. Let me give you an inside to the retail life. Every day I rise early to go to work, scarf down breakfast if I have time, which is ...
Submitted to Contest #120
They say blood is thicker than water, but would it be enough? The end of the civil war was an interesting time for the Carson family, picking up the pieces of a forgotten childhood, a time when the only thing worth fighting over was Mama’s biscuits. Kurt paced the parlor floor anxiously waiting for his brothers return, he earnestly wanted to reconnect with his little brother Jake, but still he felt betrayed, growing up they were rarely separated, and when war broke out, his brother left the farm to side with the Union, something he ...
Submitted to Contest #119
“Listen Davey, Ya hear that?” Davey looked at his Pa, and stood silently tuning his ears to their surroundings, they were three days away from home, with nothing but the forest on all sides, Pa was standing stock still, the only indication that he was a living being, the breath of fog escaping his lips, on the brisk morning air. “I don’t hear anything Pa, ‘cept the leaves crunchin’ under our feet” Davey looked up at his Pa expectantly “what d’you hear?” Davey’s Pa smiled and bent down beside his five year old son “Everything, the forest ...
Cody and Leon, two best friends had been working every weekend, at Cody’s house on a very special project in the basement. With Leon’s 3D printer, and Cody’s skills with electronics, they were designing a secure computer chip, and after many weeks they were nearly done. “Is this chip ready to download?” Cody asked his best friend Leon one afternoon. Leon lifted his goggles with a lopsided grin, “I just inserted the final piece” Cody shook his head “Why are you wearing those goggles anyway?” “Simply for effect Cody, simply for effect”...
Submitted to Contest #108
All she could think to do was file a missing persons report, but how? where? who would believe her, for all she knew she was probably the one who should be considered the missing person, one minute she was enjoying a coffee with her best friend and the next thing she knew she was standing in front of a burning house. Olivia Woods gave a cursory glance at her surroundings, she had to be dreaming but it felt so real. The ground shook, and the not so distant roar of cannons boomed, Men were shouting and screaming, horses galloped and neighed...
Submitted to Contest #105
My name is Nick Jorgan, I’m a detective in the small town of Forge River Connecticut, but that’s not what’s important, I only play a small part in the shadow of my partner, Blake Randall, a massive man with an intellect bigger than the whole police force combined, I might even go as far as to compare us to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, it’s uncanny really, sometimes I feel like I’m just along for the ride, but occasionally he does actually need me, though he often forgets I’m even there. When we first became partners, I was already a big...
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