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Submitted to Contest #81
Aretha sat in front of her computer and slowly turned it on. She never thought she would be sitting in front of a computer trying to find a date at 58 years old but here she was. Her granddaughter had told her about a site for “old people” as she put it. Although Aretha didn’t think she was as ancient as her granddaughter thought she was, she agreed to have her granddaughter, Adina, help her make a dating profile. Aretha didn’t think anything was going to come out of it but she was tired of being alone and tired of not having someone other t...
Submitted to Contest #80
She will never forget that day. The rain beat down on her bedroom window and the wind was howling through the one tree that was in her backyard so hard that she thought that the whole tree would come through her window. She scooted to the end of the bed and winced when the coolness of the floor touched her feet. She slid her pink bunny slippers on feet and they flipped and flopped as she walked towards the bedroom window. She pulled the ivory white curtain back and took a peak. She thought that the rain would never stop. She took a deep brea...
Submitted to Contest #75
“It’s not your job to fix me. It is your job to hold my hand while I fix myself.”--Unknown My name is not Jane Doe. I don’t know what it is but I know it is not Jane anything. Jane doesn’t even fit me. I look in the mirror and don’t see Jane Doe. I see my face but not my name. I don’t remember my name, my age, my birthday or anything about myself. I walk around in a no name haze. I look at every face I see on the street, on the bus, on the trains that I come across. I want someone or something to look familiar but it doesn’t. I wander arou...
Submitted to Contest #74
Rainbow Sunshine Bailor was as unusual as her name. She was a small woman in size but big in personality. Rainbow was a small woman barely 5 feet tall. Rainbow was named after her great Aunt Bow and since her mom liked the rain she put the two things together and there got her name Rainbow. Her middle name was her father’s idea since he called her Sunshine before she was even born. He would look at her mom’s growing belly and say, “How’s my little bundle of sunshine.” Rainbow often wondered if her parents had a secret des...
Submitted to Contest #73
“What did you get?” Helena screamed to her best friend, Michael. “Will you let me open it up first? Is it me or do you hear peeping sounds in this box?” Michael asked, ripping the ribbon off of the box his aunt, Susie gave him. “No, I hear something. Hurry up!” Helena said, almost doing a happy dance. Helena had received a warm scarf that Aunt Susie knitted for her and she loved it. Her favorite colors were weaved into the scarf, blue, green and red. “Oh, Good Grief!” Michael yelled as he opened the box. “What?” Helena asked ...
Submitted to Contest #72
Maude vanished in broad daylight. It all started with her arguing with the preacher’s wife. She went to her car, made one phone call. There was no answer. Maude sped off in the car. Another car was following her. Maude’s mother called Maude’s phone for three days straight with no answer. She was worried. Maude called her every day and told her about her day and her schedule. Her mom was worried and called everyone she could think of. Nobody had heard from Maude since the same Sunday her mom last heard from her. The last p...
Submitted to Contest #68
This was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives. The invitations were sent out months ago. The RSVP’s were already in, the pretty burgundy dresses were brought for all ten women, the smallest pink and white dresses were bought and fitted for the littlest members of the bridal party and of course, the bride and groom were all ready for the ceremony. Three years ago a chance meeting turned into a proposal of marriage. Athena started her day just like she did on every other day. She hated Mondays because Monday’s took he...
Submitted to Contest #67
“Shut the front door!” Aisha shouted. It was Halloween night and Aisha was dressed up in her Mae West costume. She chose that costume because she had curves just like her idol, Mae West. She brought a bright red dress that was fitting her form just fine according to her husband, Fred. She found a blonde wig and a small red hat at a thrift store and paired it with some ruby red 2 inch heels. She looked fierce. Mae West had nothing on her. The boa she borrowed from her sister set the whole costume off and she was glad she chose it. Fre...
Submitted to Contest #66
“Are you going to jump?” Pierce asked his friend Connor. “Seriously, look how high up we are?” “If you want to win then we have to jump, Connor.” “How badly do you want to win?” “I want to win very much, especially against him.” “Yeah, Connor, I know I want to win against him too. He is so arrogant. I can’t stand him. He thinks that he is invincible. I can’t stand him or his attitude.” “Well, he’s won every time since 2000.” Pierce replied. “He thinks he is unbeatable. But, not today.” “So, Pierce, are you r...
Submitted to Contest #65
“It’s that time of the year again. My favorite time.” Lucy floated past Bernie and gave him a ghostly wink. “What are you talking about Lucy?” Bernie asked Lucy. “Oh right. You are a new ghost and you don’t know about the legend of All-Hallows, which most of the people who aren’t ghosts call Halloween.” Lucy said hovering over Bernie. Bernie remembered Halloween of the past. When he was alive he and his wife, Taime, used to get costumes for all four of the kids. Sometimes Tamie would even make the kids costumes. Their you...
Submitted to Contest #64
“Did you hear that?” Bella asked her best friend and cousin, Ethel. “What?” I didn’t hear anything. Ethel said, wiping the sleep out of her eyes. “You can’t tell me that you didn’t hear that loud noise. It sounded like a big bang. Like someone was banging on the door.” “Bella, I honestly didn’t hear anything. I think that you are just creeped out because we are here.” Ethel responded The house on 1620 Josephina Avenue. Now sat empty with the exception of the girls being there now. It was once a home filled with love, laughter, ...
Submitted to Contest #63
“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in it’s perfect power.”--Maya Angelou It was raining hard in October. I wasn’t very surprised after all, it was the beginning of fall or Autumn and rain is supposed to be a normal thing for this time of the year. But, it had been a long time since rain fell from the sky in any month. I was excited and didn’t even use my umbrella as I walked to the car. My hair got wet and I didn’t even care. I jumped in a puddle like I was a toddler and laughed hard. My next door neighb...
Submitted to Contest #62
Adrian Kellie stared at the calendar on her kitchen wall and then she stared at the calendar on her phone. Both calendars told her the same thing, the date. She tried not to think of the date today because if she thought what today was she would panic and she didn’t want to panic. After all, there was no need to panic. What’s a few days? It had only been a few days she thought. Two months ago Adrian met the most handsome, intelligent, hard working, romantic man she had ever known. Keith David was all that and more. She almost didn’t ...
Submitted to Contest #61
“They shouldn’t be allowed to send filth like this through the mail.” Aldena said as she read the card inside the envelope addressed to her. “What did you get this time? The water bill again?” Adena’s daughter, Nora asked as she gulped down the last drop of coffee from her cup. “You have jokes. No, daughter is not the water bill or any other bill, it is something more horrible than any bill I could get in the mail.” “Are you going to tell me or just let me keep guessing, Mother?” “Read it for yourself.” Adena handed the e...
Submitted to Contest #60
Someone once told me that with every sun shower there’s rain. At the time I didn’t know what that meant but today I found out because the rain was coming in a matter of hours it would be pouring all over my head in buckets. “Aretha we have to talk about something important.” Oh, no this can’t be good. Every Time someone has told me that they need to talk about something important it is always bad . My dad would say that when one of my fish would die. He’s come in the room and say, “Aretha, there’s something important I need t...
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