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Submitted to Contest #167
Ooo Text Message! Dan: What are you doing tonight? Me: I don’t know. Why? Dan: Costume party at Dreamers Me: Oh fun! But I don’t have a costume. Dan: Well, make one. I’ll pick you up in an hour. Me: Okay, I’m game! Oh, how exciting Dreamers is my favorite club. But what should I be? I could go as a vampire, that’s always a safe bet. But that’s so Twilight, gross. Plus, there will probably be at least ten vampires there then we’ll all suck. Also, what will I use for teeth. I don’t have any pokey teeth so I would be a hickey vampire I guess an...
Submitted to Contest #164
We stepped into the bright sunshine of an early September afternoon. My daughter was just given a clean bill of health at her thirty-six month doctor’s check-up and the sting of her COVID shot was tempered by three stickers of cartoon heroes. As we walked along the concrete sidewalk she chatted away incessantly about the needle and the “doctor not listen me”. I was about to engage her in conversation when my eye was drawn to a granite memorial bench with the name Rita Bagley 1965-2020, and it struck me that I knew a girl named Rita Bagley wh...
Submitted to Contest #163
The sun broke through the trees and streamed bands of gold in through the tent window and into Jay’s eyes. He tried to turn over but the direct sunlight was making his head hot. ‘I just need to get up and get going’ he thought as he tried to find a way to get comfortable on his old Army cot. He hated that cot, because it always smelled of mildew from years of storage up in the rafters of his garage, but he hated sleeping on the ground even more.As Jay sat up he felt the blood rush from his head, making him a little dizzy. “I drank too much l...
Submitted to Contest #162
“Armand, I make the BEST grilled cheese sandwich that you will ever eat” said Vince as he sipped his coffee. “How do you know it’s the best?” Armand looked skeptical, “It’s just bread and cheese, right?” “Yes”. “Anything else?” “Well butter. But I use good cheese and I like to use French bread from the bakery”. “So that’s the big secret, good bread, good cheese and butter? Anyone could make that. My cat could probably make that if I put the ingredients in a panini maker he could press the lever and voila, the greatest grilled cheese ever”....
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