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Submitted to Contest #218
Anywhere but Dino’s! Have you ever been lucky enough to acquire a free gift card to a place you’ve never been before? Well that was the case with my wife and I, this weekend. A ‘$50’ gift card to Dino’s, an Italian restaurant about 20 to 30 miles from our hometown of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. We were ecstatic at the news, my wife had been dubbed employee of the month, her prize, the card. We made plans for this past weekend and headed out for our reservation set for 4:00 PM. We arrived a little early, 3:53 to be exact, but we wer...
Says who? Everyone always told me I should write music. They’d say, “Oh, you have such a way with words.” I thought they were right. I would frequently write poems, mostly romantic sonnets which only intensified as my wife and I grew older. She enjoyed the things I wrote for her, and kept them neatly in a special box for safe keeping. She too always wished I’d pursue a music career. She even pitched using the poems I wrote for her, but I always decided against it. I never really felt iit’ when writing music. I was never proud of an...
Since it was a beautiful day outside, I thought I’d take my dog for a walk. She was a beautiful German shepherd, eight years old, and coming up on her ninth birthday in a few months. I gathered her harness and a few plastic bags in case she had to do the deed on our adventure. She knew what this meant, for her tail was already wagging and she was running laps between the kitchen and the living room. Back and forth, crashing into a different piece of furniture each time. “Calm down girl, I know you’re excited, but if you sit...
My eyes slammed open. My vision was blurry; I couldn’t see anything. I coughed, but didn’t hear anything. In fact, I heard nothing. Not even the sound your boots should make when you stand up in heavy leaves. No. No no no. I rubbed my eyes. They opened to a dark gray smoke flowing everywhere around me. I sat up, looking at the destroyed rubble of my unit's ATV. I looked for them, but couldn’t find any of them. “ALAN!” I screamed, but nothing came out. I could feel it in my throat. My vocal chords were working. Diaphragm too, I could fe...
Submitted to Contest #217
Mr. Ettings rushed towards the throne room, eager to alert King Soloman. He ran past guards, too slow to stop him. “Halt!” They cried, chasing after him. He crashed through the old carved golden throne room doors, filled with unspoken stories, told by sculptures trapped in the metal. The king looked at the man sternly, “What’s wrong, citizen? Who are you?” He asked simply. “My lord, ple-, please, a dragon. I saw a dragon. My name is Mr. Ettings. Up on Mt. Eesrek. I don’t know where my boy is. He’s a curious one. I think he ...
Submitted to Contest #215
“Thanks boys, we really appreciate your help!” I said, helping the crew leader shut their moving van’s door. “Not a problem, Mr. Hawthorne, beautiful home, anything else we could help you with on this fine day?” The leader said with a smile. “Sure is, old children’s commorancy back in the day, but, no, thank you, we’re quite alright, again, appreciate the help, tell your boys dinner is on me today,” I said, handing him a wad of twenties which totaled $220, for a tip. “Well, thank you sir, we appreciate it, sir. If you need any...
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