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Submitted to Contest #159
A Chance at Lady Luck The blinding morning sun scorched his dry, scratchy eyes as he forced them open. Mason rubbed at a kink in his neck as he tried to create some saliva. “Just another lovely evening at the Hotel Honda,” he groaned to himself. His tongue was like a dead fish lying in the desert that was his mouth. He scanned the backseat for a bottle of water but found only empties. Mason checked his pockets for his car keys and, after a moment of panic, noticed them dangling from the ignition. “Thank you, God,” he said. “First thin...
Submitted to Contest #136
There is an old saying that goes ‘I have not failed. I have simply found 10,000 ways that don’t work.’ Gillian felt they should engrave it on her tombstone. Sadly, she’d dedicated the last thirty years of her life to finding ten thousand diets that didn’t work. Thirty bloody years! Can you imagine waking up every morning of your adult life and your first thoughts are, did I eat too much yesterday? How should I eat today? Or, oh no, I went off my diet again. Special occasions are secondly about whose birthday it is or who got the promotio...
Submitted to Contest #135
You can do this Lily. Just breathe. Put one foot in front of the other. You’ve been preparing for this for months… years. Jack believes in you, Tara believes in you. You’ve got this.She absently twirled the silver ring around her thumb.Remember what Dr. Martin said. “All your time, effort, and hard work was set up to prepare you for this day. The biggest accomplishment of your life.”Her palms were sweating, and her legs felt like they would give out, as if her bones had turned to jelly. Her entire body quivered, and her bladder felt wea...
Submitted to Contest #121
I was about eight years of age when my mom broke my heart… the first time. My older sister, Margaret, gave me a few dollars to buy Christmas presents for my family. This would be the first year that I would choose my own gifts and take part in the secret magic of Christmas that is the ‘giving’ part. A fortunate child, I never went without. I wasn’t spoiled, but I usually got whatever I wanted as far as toys, clothes, etc. I don’t know if my parents spent the time instilling a sense of gratitude in me, but I remember vividly having one. ...
Submitted to Contest #92
They were celebrating their eighth wedding anniversary at Chuckie’s Pizzeria. It was half-price Tuesday, and the place was hopping. As Keith and Amber Habkirk lifted their glasses of house red, also on special on Tuesdays, and were about to toast, an out-of-control child ran past their table and let out an ear-piercing squeal. Amber returned her glass to the table and sighed. Keith almost asked what was wrong but, in a rare moment of male marital wisdom, refrained. "Hey, the lasagna is buy one, get one half-off," he said instead, which ...
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