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“TAMI” by Patrick H

Submitted to Contest #236

TAMI The little one bedroom trailer sat on the edge of  a forgotten Hill that was near a landfill in the western part of the county.    The owner, one Doug Mason had purchased the plot of land and the trailer at a rock bottom price several years ago much to the dismay of his family who believed that this trailer idea was a death trap waiting to be sprung by some unwitting soul, like him.<...

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“Bridge ” by Patrick H

Bridge The temperature outside the beat up station wagon dropped a few more degrees as the night lingered on and the snow fell onto the waiting street, hindering visibility and drivability as well. Still, Mark Smith pushed on the gas trying his best to force his way through. The road itself was a two lane road somewhere away from the main road and it had little lighting except for the head...

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“Secret Sister ” by Patrick H

Submitted to Contest #224

Secret SisterThe front door of the little cabin opened allowing a middle aged man to step out on to the creaking floor boards of the front porch as he looked and took in the view the stars above him. He took a sip of coffee from his favorite mug as he continued his early morning stargazing. He shivered slightly as he noted the bare trees in the yard and the flecks of white spots on the driveway left over from the previous week's snowfall.Tom Browning knew that today was the da...

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“A Stop on the Way” by Patrick H

Submitted to Contest #222

A Stop On The WayThe heat of month of June bore down on Harry Wilson, as he got out of his beat up 76 Ford and walked up the hill on Rosewood Lane to meet his next prospective customer, doing his best to remain positive about it in spite of the sweat pouring down his back.Shaking his head as he paused in his walk, to reposition his briefcase,Harry recalled a conversation that he had with his grandfather one week l before he left for college. He met with him t...

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“Evaluation Day” by Patrick H

Submitted to Contest #219

As I was reading this one, I realized that I had written about someone who both broke an unwritten rule and followed an unwritten rule and that his fate was determined by.choice of which rule he followed.James Patterson, a middle manager of the Orion's Sword consulting firm, the most sought after consulting firm in the country, got in his little Prius on a wet morning, turned on the radio and started listening to Marketplace, turned on the headlamps and wipers and made his way to the office.He ...

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“Greasy Spoon Sally's ” by Patrick H

Greasy Spoon Sally'sOkay, dude, this is gonna sound weird, right? I'm not really a cook and I don't get paid to do anything here. I'm just the guy who got stuck with this diner.No it wasn't an inheritance from a long lost uncle or anything like that. I don't even know who Sally is!So, how did end up here in this diner?************I was heading back home one cold night after a sales conference when I started ...

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“Message Management ” by Patrick H

Submitted to Contest #210

I had several inspirations for this one. I can't recall all of them.Message managementHarold Sims woke up in his apartment with a headache, most likely caused by spending too many hours on the computer the previous night.The alarm continued to beep at him in the little bedroom incessantly until he finally shut it off and then sat in bed, trying to remember what it was he was so intent on doing when he got up today.

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“Thank you” by Patrick H

Submitted to Contest #203

Thank you. My alarm went off around 7 pm while is was in my room, working another sketch on my drafting table.  I got up from the little office chair and hit the off button.  My little chair squeaked louder than the alarm but that was to be expected asi had bought it at a local thrift store.  It served it's purpose though. I met my Mom in the little hallway next to my room...

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“Finding Etherealle ” by Patrick H

Submitted to Contest #199

This one is basically a first draft of a chapter for a larger story. Let me know what you think. Enjoy!Finding EtherealleThe falling leaves of autumn decorated the campus of Ministry College as the students began their after mid term activities. Jennifer Hayden, a sophomore of almost 20 with wavy dark hair traveled across the campus to the science building for her morning classestrying not to think of the date she had the previous weekend.  ...

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“Dreams of Escape ” by Patrick H

Submitted to Contest #197

Dreams of Escape Ten year old Kenny sat nervously in the passenger seat of the old, dingy, green 76 nova as his father drove on through the rainy night. He stared out the passenger side window at the gloomy night sky and the streaks of rain sliding down the window. Orange street lights lit the road at various intervals as the car sped onwards towards it's eventual destination. He barely breathed and didn't dare speak.He wondered when or if his nightmare would end and won...

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“A Reward On the Road ” by Patrick H

Submitted to Contest #192

A Reward on the Road "Eric, how's it going up there?" Eric sighed.  He and his sister, Lucy had been in their family 's property, goinh through everything in the house, the attic, the barn and everything else in preparation for the sale.      Their parents had gotten older and had decided to retire to a condo in Florida and since neither of the children r...

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“Single Wish Flower ” by Patrick H

I actually don't know much about flowers but for some reason I felt the need to write a story like this anyway. Single Wish Flower The graveyard had been located on that hill since the time of the earliest settlers in the county and it seemed to overshadow the town below. It was almost as if someone had wanted to remind the people of the inevitable coming of d...

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“Of Ground and Sky” by Patrick H

Submitted to Contest #183

Of Ground and Sky The sun blazed across the hills in of Shang Ti village and little children happily running and playing while their mothers looked whilst doing some chores.  The village itself has been built along the side of a mountainbthat often cast a long shadow across the village in the afternoon and evening hours.   It was said that some eagles had...

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“The Burden of Legacy” by Patrick H

I stood on the balcony of my apartment leaned over the thin iron railing and watched the rain drops as the cascaded downward pelting street several stories below. The vehicles below continued their long slow journey towards home after their occupants had spent several long hours at work I took another sip of my coffee as I waited patiently for my cell phone to ring. I sighed as I considered all that had h...

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“Aftermath Part 1” by Patrick H

Monica's head was throbbing horribly and loudly as she picked up all of her 90 pounds off of the floor and then fell onto her hands and knees again. Something underneath her right hand made a "crunch" that seemed to go off like a howitzer. She looked down in a daze and saw a crushed beer can that was but one among many on the carpeted floor which seemed to be spinning alternately left, then right in quick succession. It ...

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