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Submitted to Contest #99
I could feel the chains tying me to the wall rattle as I moved. It was almost time to eat and I was getting ready for the food to be slung under the door, but that didn't happen this time. I heard the bolt sliding and felt my panic rising as I watched the door that hadn't opened in years slowly creak inch by inch. Once the door was done creaking I saw HIM step through; the Catcher was what the others had called him. I had been alone for so long I almost forgot about the others.. The other women and men who had sat in here with me, ate food w...
Submitted to Contest #65
The cemetery behind the old orphanage out on Hill Road is haunted. Everybody knows it, everybody has heard the grisly stories of kids who stay there at night and were never the same or the ones who never returned, and tonight we will hear the tale of Beatrice and Lizzie, two best friends who have decided to "put the rumors to rest".You see Beatrice believes in the supernatural, but only in the way, that science creates unexplainable phenomena all around the world. She believes the supernatural is just a predisposed belief from when we were s...
Submitted to Contest #63
By the time I stepped outside the leaves were on fire, and I was running late. It was a beautiful site the orange and red leaves cascading down from the trees, but no time to bask in their beauty unless I wanted to be in trouble with Sierra again. Laughing at the memory of the last lunch date I missed with my best friend, I hurried down the street. Just as I reached the cafe I heard a loud screech from behind me turning around to see Sierra in her Audi waiting for me. Pulling me into a tight hug she said, " I missed you LaiLai." Smiling a...
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