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Brian was in a ball in the corner of his living room. The tears dripping from his eyes were so heavy the water stains were beginning to make it look like he went to the bathroom on himself. The room was covered in tissues and old food. Brian was just recently dumped by his moody ex-girl girlfriend. He also found out he tested positive for Covid from a home test. Which he received from his ex-girlfriend.  Brian hasn’t moved from his place since he was dumped 6 hours ago. He’s been counting the minutes hoping she would call b...
Submitted to Contest #79
Three bodies, lay faced down in the ground and covered in dirt. Two children, one boy, one girl, and a middle-aged woman. Blood drips from the mouths of them all except for the little boy. His eyes are wide open but lifeless. Directly across from his view lyes the little girl. Blood drips from her mouth and onto the Barbie doll in her hand. A bullet hole through the center of her neck gives sight to the bullet hole in the center of the middle-aged women’s head. Hours pass before the three are spotted by what we now know is the father and h...
Submitted to Contest #61
The little boy is slow to wake up. The boy looks around the room and he hears a noise. Strange he thinks too himself as slobber runs down the side of his face. He wipes his mouth and yawns as he try's to come to terms of what he just heard. Their was a loud yell in the distance. He walks over to the front window and looks out. The streets are completely empty. Cars sit alone as the wind sways the tree branches and leaves from side to side. The little boy hears another unfamiliar noise. It sounds like a gasp for air but now he realiz...
Submitted to Contest #58
December 22, 1982. Nellies Wonderland was having its annual Christmas party before Christmas break began. I’ll get straight to the point, so you can see why this was so important. Every year each class did a secret Santa. In case you don’t know what that means. All participants put their names in a hat and one by one each person pulls a name at random. That’s the secret! You don’t know who picked your name until you get your gift at the party. But most of us had gifts bought by our moms so they were pretty “regular”. Action figur...
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