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Submitted to Contest #176
"Powers of the light, Guardians of the Earth, I call to thee to give me, Your strength, open all doors, Watch over me, I trust in your hand, to help me through this, Difficult time, so let it be," Bang the attic begins to rumble, then it's over. What did I just witness? My mother and grandmother doing magic. How? "What is mother?" I listen intently at my mother and grandmother, clearly something is bothering my grandmother. "Iris, we need to tell Star the truth, She deserves to know about our family, the family she was born into." ...
Submitted to Contest #175
Books are a dime a dozen. They teach you. They inspire you. They make you laugh and cry. Books are your best friend when you need one. Books never let you down. Books has always been part of my life when I needed them to be. Books kept me alive during dark periods in my life. Books changed me in ways I never expected and I want to bring part of my life to help my community. The kids in my community have been in a bad way for sometime. Many of the children's parents are in the military. They haven't seen their parents in a long time. I fe...
Submitted to Contest #174
MAISIE A chance meeting was all it took to remind me of what I lost all those years ago. One sunny day at the local cafe I bumped into him. He didn't recognize me but I knew him. He left without saying sorry. I left the cafe disappointed. What did I expect of him, for him to crawling back to me, so we can be friends once again after what I did to him. I was a horrible person when I was young but I changed and how do I tell him that. The very next day He came back to the cafe. He called me Maisie. He knew who I was after all. We talked, t...
Submitted to Contest #173
What is the measure of a gift? Is it the item you buy? How much you spend? How many gifts you get? How can one person decide what gift comes from your heart? I would like to believe that deep inside our hearts we are not a greedy people. I would like to believe when a person, someone you love gives you a gift you would cherish and love the gift with all your heart. A gift is a treasure, one that will make you happy and make you smile. I love giving meaningful gifts. It makes me smile when my friends and family open their gifts and I love...
Submitted to Contest #172
Midnight, that is my deadline to tell my best friend I love her or else I will lose everything. I'm nervous, scared, my heart is racing, my legs are trembling, not because I'm leaving but for Zaniyah's reaction. Me and Zaniyah grew up in the same neighborhood, on the same block, next door to each other. Our birthdays are only two days apart. Zaniyah's birthday is first mine is two days later. Our parents are best friend. I always thought of Zaniyah as my sister. In elementary school we were members of the soccer and baseball teams. Zaniy...
Submitted to Contest #171
Niagara Falls, a beautiful sight to see. The falls has away of taking you on a magical journey. For me looking at the falls is very emotional, it brings back a lot of memories. I love everything about Niagara Falls. What I love most is going upon the boat rides. It was on one of these boat rides where the love of my life proposed to me. Oh My God! I knew this would happen. Tears are beginning to come down my face. The memories of Jesse's magical proposal is still real as ever. Me and Jesse hand in hand got on the boat, he held me so the ...
Submitted to Contest #170
I've got a plan my Cinderella girl to win your heart, to show you best friends can fall in love and stay in love until the end of time. Isabella my best friend, the one person in this whole world who has stolen my heart. These letters are for her. These letters will reveal how I feel for Isabella. What these letters won't reveal is my identity. I will reveal myself when the time is right. I will be watching Isabella from afar. Here is letter No.1 My Cinderella girl, I watch you from afar with your big beautiful smile that shines bright...
Submitted to Contest #169
The knife was found next to the body soaked with blood from the blade to the handle. The knife wasn't your typical murder weapon, this knife is used to carve a pumpkin. Nobody deserves an ending like the one I'm seeing right now. This young lady's life didn't deserve to end with so many knife wounds. This young lady deserved to live a wonderful life with her friends and family. Who do something like this? Why would anyone do something like this? Looking out into the crowd of on lookers I'm wondering if the killer is among them watching h...
Submitted to Contest #168
UNION TRAIN STATION 1942 Union train station is always packed especially now. I see men in uniform, there women by their side saying goodbye. Today it's my turn to say goodbye to my guy, my love Tommy. I've been at Union train station all morning watching many couples say goodbye not knowing if they will ever see their love again. I saw tears, laughter and hugs, then I saw loneliness. Tommy and I have been best friends since we were kids. I know it's weird for a girl to have a boy as a best friend, for me it wasn't. I was and still am ha...
Submitted to Contest #167
Five years I spent in the Army. Five years of war has screwed with my mind. Five years of missing my family. Five years of constant never-ending danger. Five years of watching my brothers getting killed. Finally, all the pain of war is finally over. I'm finally home. I finally came home to my beautiful town of Lake Haven. This town is what the name means, a Haven for me, a place to wind down, go fishing, and hiking. There is no place like home. My home is right next to the lake and boy is it beautiful and on top of that I have the most b...
Submitted to Contest #166
A war is brewing. A game of cat and mouse is taking place inside New York Publishing House. The top-rated book publishing agency is in the mist of a bitter rivalry between two co-workers who have different views on how to market and publish a book called Two Fires. The Battle lines have been drawn. Sophia Mason is on one side. Nadia Carter is on the opposing side. These ladies will do whatever it takes to get the win. One will use underhanded tactics while the other will use honesty and truth. The consequences of this bitter rivalry will b...
Submitted to Contest #165
This is all my fault. Breaking News Fatal car crash on interstate 10, three people all family members are confirmed dead. One survivor. I caused this. This is all my fault. My horrible judgement caused this crash. I could have avoided this horrible scene if I listened to my friends but I thought I knew better and now three people are dead because of me. Breaking News The driver of the second vehicle is nowhere to be found. Search for the driver is ongoing. I need to leave town right now. I don't know where I'm going but I need to dis...
Submitted to Contest #164
Where I come from is not a place I talk about. Where I come from is a place I don't remember. Where I come from is a distant memory. My memories of my hometown, the place where I was born and raised are fading away never to return. My heart longs for the days of fresh summer air, long winter nights and fun times with friends and family. I long to return to the place, the town I missed for the past ten years. I long to return to a place where I felt happy. I long to see my parents, brother and sister. I long to be the carefree girl I use ...
Submitted to Contest #163
September 11th 2001 Three weeks of university life has been amazing. I love everything about college life from living in the dorms, to meeting new people, to my classes, even the food has been great. NYU is the best, the city is so wonderful. I was born and raised in New York and I never imagined city life would be this great. My parents were happy I chose a school near home. My father Lincoln is a firefighter who works a couple blocks from NYU and my mother Morgan is a doctor who works at Mount Sinai Beth Israel which is also close to me....
Submitted to Contest #162
Sally's, where the food is the best in town. Where the menus have the most beautiful designs. I'm looking at Sally's menu deciding what to order. The food is so good I don't know what I want. The Bay looks beautiful from my usual table. I smile at the many memories I have at Sally's. I started going to Sally's when I was six with my grandparents. We shared so many happy moments over a good meal. Sally's has been open since the 1940's and survived so much. There is a lot of history at Sally's. So many first dates, birthdays, marriage prop...
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