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Submitted to Contest #79
I was going to see my brothers for the first time in a year. My leg was bouncing up and down. My hands couldn’t sit still. I rubbed my fingertips along my pants as a way of distracting myself. The restaurant wasn’t noisy. But it still felt too loud, the glass clinking together, the low rumbling laughs. It wasn’t helping the feeling of anxiousness. I already downed half a cocktail. I think I’ll order another one if it means it’ll calm my nerves. My eyes trailed along the room, then they fell back on the two empty chairs sitting in front o...
Submitted to Contest #68
He didn’t struggle to get away from me, or put up a fight. This time, he let me hold him close. His head was in my lap, and his eyes blinked wearily, watching the sky in front of him. The sun rose from the lake, casting peachy hues onto the clouds and calm water. I kept a hand on him, petting his head, smoothing down his hair. And I watched the sun too, the familiar warm air causing my cheeks to become hot, and my hair to stick to my sweaty skin. He was never this calm, this allowing of my affection. I met him a month ago well after ...
Submitted to Contest #67
There was the sound of an unmistakable click. It resonated in the intimate space between them. Su Wei turned around, and was faced with the end of a gun pointed at her chest. It was Taleen at the other end of the gun, holding the weapon, steadily, with her left hand. Her face was unmoving, her grimace eyes behind her round glasses fixed upon Su Wei. Su Wei looked from Taleen’s index finger on the trigger, back up to her eyes, and slowly rose her hands in the air. “On your knees.” Taleen demanded, her feminine voice wasn’t threatening, but ...
Submitted to Contest #49
“Do you want to come with me?” I look from Anna’s brown eyes downward to her fingers that grasped tightly onto the hands of her two boys on either side of her. Their brown eyes were curious; awaiting an answer just like their mom was. I told Anna I wanted more time to think, and if I could get back to her. Anna gave me a half smile and a small nod. She told me to take whatever time I needed and that there was always room for me, no matter what. With that, Anna left to take her children to school, and I watched her leave. Then I walked ba...
Submitted to Contest #42
Jack sighed as he sat down at his desk with fresh new lined papers. His wooden chair creaked as he leaned forward to get in position. He took the cap off his pen and stared down at the blank sheets before writing. Dear Gregory, he wrote. Then he sat up and rubbed his face. Honestly, this was the hardest part. Knowing what to say. Jack didn’t know what to say, he never did, hence a million crumpled papers around his room with poorly written letters to Gregory that he’s never sent or even looked at again. It’s been about a year ...
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