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Submitted to Contest #224
6pm. “Make sure you stay safe and please don’t bring any boys home!” Molly begged her housemate anxiously as she glanced at her Cassio watch. She was well aware that this little lecture was eating into her study time, but Sophie was a liability at the best of times so needed telling. “Yes mum” Sophie laughed, swishing her straight, brown hair over her shoulder and closing her black clutch bag. She bent down to fasten her high heels and asked “Are you studying again tonight? It’s Friday, you could just do this tomorrow!” “I have some cour...
Submitted to Contest #217
The only sound that could be heard was Ivy’s heartbeat as she slowly made her way towards her improbable death. She paused and tried to peer upwards, but it was dark and the stairs she was climbing were too steep to see much. Removing her sword from the sheath, she sat down as tears threatened to spill. She trembled, not from the cold but from her nerves, as she pondered her current situation. Ivy was near the top of the 10,000 step tower which she had been sent up two days ago. She had been sent to kill the dragon residing at the top and sh...
Submitted to Contest #211
Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud. One by one another book hit the floor. “Oh where is it?” Fiona muttered angrily to herself. A very unsteady pile grew next to her as she clumsily pulled books from the shelves, her hair falling across her face as sweat trickled down her brow. Outside, rain beat hard on the windows, and flickering candle light illuminated each pane in a warm, orange hue. It was dusk, and Fiona had closed the library and locked the heavy oak front doors, but the day's work was far from over. The library was old, with stone, whit...
24, British, writer and huge book reader.
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