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Submitted to Contest #18
As I walked along the street, every step was heavier than the last. Today was the day. It marked two years. Two years since mum died. Two years since Dad went to jail. Two years since my older brother, John, had run away. Two years that I had been in foster care. Everyone knew me. Once I was normal. A normal boy, with a normal family and a normal life. But now I wasn’t normal. I was the son of the man that killed his wife. I was the brother of the boy who had run away and was never seen again. I was the boy that stole. Just like his father, ...
The clouds were lower today, lower than they had ever been. Whatever The Agency had done this time was working. The smoke wasn’t normal smoke. It was thick enough to cut through; strong enough to kill. The town was falling before my eyes. People were coughing and dying without notice. Maybe, this once, The Agency had won.“You,” a harsh, whispering voice said from behind. I turned around and saw Jeff, the town’s crazy man.“Me?” I answered.“Yes, you c’m ’ere!” I walked into his bashed up house and he gestured for me to sit in a chair.“You need...
Submitted to Contest #16
The old man sat with his dog, the warm wind tickling his skin. Wearing only denim shorts he looked out at the waves and waited for the next ship to come. Beside him, his dog rested by his side and whimpered. The man rubbed his ears giving the dog a look only it could understand. The man then stood up and walked around, picking up scraps of fish and chips along the peer. Sitting back down he smelled the food and tried to remember the last time he ate, but instead of feeding his starving body, he fed it to the dog. They sat there together unti...
Submitted to Contest #15
“No,” I replied. “No chance. Never.” He looked at me as if in confession.“Look, mate, this isn’t a question,” Ace said. “You are already good. But you're not the best. If you want to qualify for the state team, do this. It will improve your movement, footwork, timing, coordination, flexibility, and leg and core strength. Im not coaching you if you don’t do this.” he said and turned away. “Just think about it,” Ace called over his shoulder and started jogging towards the pitch. I dribbled the ball, passing it between my feet. I ran stron...
Submitted to Contest #14
I was sitting at a desk in the library across from Sky. She was doing homework, and I was reading a book but I’d been staring and the same page for at least 5 minutes. “So Avery, what do you think about this photo?” she asked, “Your the one that’s good at photography.”“Why are you even doing that homework It’s the holidays?” I asked. “They never check, anyway.”“I really want to do well,” she responded and looked back at her laptop pouting and I laughed. Sky was such a nerd, but you wouldn’t be able to tell behind her crystal blue e...
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