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Submitted to Contest #153
The icy Nordic wind blew across the dark Baltic Sea, hastily sweeping the clouds across a full blue moon. With a deep breathe she focused her concentration and began the ritual she had been preparing for for so many years. The timing was crucial and the final ingredient had to be dropped into the cauldron at the precise moment the last word of the incantation was uttered. She had relentlessly practiced the ritual for weeks before the eve of the rising of the Mother Moon. Everything was prepared meticulously just as it was revealed to...
Submitted to Contest #75
“New year, new you. We can help…” Dee reached up and turned off the radio. What a load of bull, he thought. It astounded him that people actually bought into the rubbish that a date change could lead to a better life. It thought it disgusting how advertisers viewed this belief as a means to exploit people that were vulnerable and willing to spend their hard-earned cash on things that, quite obviously, were not going to change their lives for the better in any way, shape, or form. He pulled up to the gates of the townhouse ...
The strange thing about hate is that it has within it something that sets it apart from other emotions. Choosing to hate others based on traits like race, religion, or sexual orientation creates a particular look in the eyes. A chilling look that both repels and disgusts those that are sensitive to it, or have suffered because of it. When looking into such eyes, one gets the sense that hate has taken up so much space within the person that their soul was simply…pushed out. Those that hate wholeheartedly leave little room for anything else wi...
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