Morgan Douglas

“The Top Ten Things in an Ordinary Man's Life” by Morgan Douglas

Submitted to Contest #74

Roy Harrison was turning thirty in just ten days. Something he could not decide if he was looking forward to or if he was loathing it. His lovely wife, Kim was making all the plans for his party. Reminding him of all the preparations and what lengths they were going to go to make sure this transition into another decade of his life would be memorable. While she was making all of these plans and calling up friends and family members to attend what she was hoping would be a high end and fun party. Roy decided to sit down and reflect on his twe...

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“A Bird and a Child for Christmas” by Morgan Douglas

Submitted to Contest #73

Although Clyde was a bit of an atheist, he still celebrated the more consumer parts of the holiday season. Complete with a big dinner feast in which he and his husband Larry invited their families to. It had taken a while for Clyde’s family to accept that he is gay and that he got married to a man. Never the less his parents and his sister were always looking forward to enjoying Larry’s cooking on Christmas Eve and the lovely breakfast that he prepared every time. Larry had tried to train Clyde in the ways of cooking and baking but he always...

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“Cookies Are Not Always What They Seem” by Morgan Douglas

Submitted to Contest #71

It was that time of the year again. When Juniper Langston was scheduled to host her annual Cookie Exchange Christmas party, just days before the holiday itself. She made sure to make all the preparations, as usual. Sending out invitations and making sure to have her decadent house on Tenth street, ready. This year, Juniper decided to go with a more glamorous holiday color theme instead of the traditional green and red that she typically used. Deciding on silver and gold with just a touch of royal blue. Making sure to spare no expense in the ...

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“Classic Lovers” by Morgan Douglas

Submitted to Contest #61

Inspired by the great inventors of the Victorian era and the dapper classic style of dress, Nickolas modeled his life after that period in history. From the way, he decorated his quaint room, to the hats he wore, and to his pursuit of scientific invention. From a young age, he read about all of the greats of that era and enjoyed the period drama movies and television shows that depicted the lifestyle of the time. When he was old enough to start wearing suits that he picked out from the local consignment shop, he would dress up for school eve...

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“A Little Less Lonely” by Morgan Douglas

Submitted to Contest #60

Alice hadn’t seen her for some time, not since before the global catastrophe that took everyone she loved and knew away from her. A slew of mishappenings had taken the world by storm. It all started with a political uprising that led to the destruction of first her country and that eventually seeped out into the rest of the globe. A global disaster that quickly overwhelmed the human population. She awoke to find one day that the violence had reached her province. A typically peaceful place in Canada filled with beautiful mountains and kind p...

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“Once Powerless Now Powerful” by Morgan Douglas

Submitted to Contest #58

There are just too many times that someone or something took Mori’s power away. So many times that she could not recount all of the instances or even count them on her fingers. Every time Mori looked back on these events, she felt the overwhelming sensation of dread. The pain is all too raw or real in her memories. For her power was taken from her first just because she was born a female. Second, from the bullies, she faced in early childhood for being too small for her age or for simply just being smart. She can still remember her elementar...

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“More than a Plant” by Morgan Douglas

Submitted to Contest #55

“Can you keep a secret,” Gabriel asked his son Dane? Dane paused for a moment and scratched his head as he considered what his father had just asked of him. Finally, Dane shook his head in agreement, looking at his father’s intense expression. With a strong inhale, Gabriel proceeded to tell Dane what he needed to know. “Son, you need to know what goes on behind the scenes here at the plant shop,” said Gabriel. Feeling uneasy, Dane looked around the rustic store and wondered what could possibly be happening at a simple plant business. Ignorin...

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“Not Even Four Years Makes a Difference ” by Morgan Douglas

Submitted to Contest #52

What felt like ages but had only been four years since she last saw him in person still sticks in her mind causing a shiver down her aching spine every time she tapped into that memory. It was just another trip to the local grocery store in the college town she lived in for almost six years. Yet she saw his blank face in the crowd as he walked down the aisle next to the one she was using to make a bee-line to the allergy medication she needed. For just a second that felt like minutes, he stared at her and then kept walking. No care in the wo...

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“Cabaret Dreams” by Morgan Douglas

Submitted to Contest #50

The Portland-famous cabaret singer Lena Medley was about to go on stage for the umpteenth time. This time in an intimate gastro bar in the Pearl District. Try as she might to feel like this performance would be just like every other one she had done over the years. She knew that tonight was special and she wanted to perform at her best. In order to make her once estranged mother proud. They had reconnected about a year prior and Lena was still trying to forgive her mother for leaving when she was a teenager. Her mother, named Kelly, was comi...

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“The Mysterious Mermaids of Europa ” by Morgan Douglas

The human race is always looking to the stars to find out if they really truly are alone in this vast universe that we so happen to be a part of. Scientists search through the Milky Way galaxy and beyond that to find signs of any possibility of there being life that is sustainable on another planet. They typically look for planets that are within what is called the Goldilocks regions. Places in which life could be sustainable given the conditions of the planet and where it is in our universe. In the attempt to narrow down where to pinpoint o...

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“The Ukulele Saves Mori ” by Morgan Douglas

Submitted to Contest #38

Mori had played instruments before. There was her dedication to the clarinet all throughout middle school and high school. Where she played for competitions and learned to play classical and swing music. Then there were a brief few months in the winter of 2012, where she joined the winter percussion program at her school. Mori didn’t try too hard at tryouts and ended up playing the bells and chimes for the program. To her, it didn’t matter if she was the star of the show on the marimba, she just loved to play music and have fun. When sh...

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“An Unlikely Stroll” by Morgan Douglas

Submitted to Contest #23

It was the second night in the row where the snow was falling. An ordinary sight in the Rocky Mountains during winter time. December had just descended, and I was getting excited about the holidays that were coming so soon. For my family was going to be coming in for Christmas to visit. Upon looking out the window of my little townhouse, I decided to walk out into the snowy night and take a nice stroll through the park nearby. It was a bit of a hassle, being that the snow was coming down harder and harder it seemed as I was walking down the ...

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“A New Beginning ” by Morgan Douglas

Submitted to Contest #22

Candice Everglades spent New Year’s Eve partying hard and dancing all night with her friends at her glamorous downtown Los Angeles loft. It had been a long year of her struggling to make a break into the entertainment industry. She was the well-endowed daughter of Robert Everglades, the Oscar winning actor. Growing up so close to Hollywood, all she wanted to do was be apart of it. With 2020 coming, she had yet to land a leading role. She spent New Year’s Eve drinking as much champagne as she could and tried to dance away the sinking feeling ...

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“Saving Silver Heights” by Morgan Douglas

Submitted to Contest #21

Rhonda Khaleesi looked around her dusty little office in dismay. For she knew that if she didn’t have but one customer this season, that she and her beautiful old Victorian style inn was going to be shut down. Quite frankly Rhonda was surprised that the Inn had lasted this long. The most recent visitor only stayed for a night before hightailing it down highway 95 on their way to Las Vegas. Rhonda had lived in Tonopah, Nevada all of her life, and she was constantly reminded of the good old mining days of the town she had grown to love. Everyo...

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