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Submitted to Contest #272
You’ve likely encountered one of my kind before. The odds are in your favor to that fact. Among a group of four people, I think the numbers now put it at about a twenty-five percent chance you’ll need my help. The thing is, I’m not like any of the others who practice my craft and skills with you. No, I don’t follow the buzzworthy treatment trends. It’s not for me to do the latest method of cures. I’ve always followed my own brand of care. My style is more, shall we say, s...
Submitted to Contest #267
I am in charge of finding individuals who are charged with crimes against creation. The government has strict rules to delegate how robotic and cybernetic based life can be developed. My sworn responsibility no matter how little I like it has been on this force against such mayhem for over a decade. Without servants like me, the world is at risk for a chaotic overhaul to the stability the governmental leaders continuously work to ensure. As I walk down a deserted alley, I search for the las...
Submitted to Contest #235
It’s the uneasy quiet that gets her attention first. Walking through the strange environment, she knows she’s not unaccustomed to silence. Being the introvert that she is, sometimes a quiet day is a welcome reprieve. Feeling the wind blow over her shirt sends a different chill down her spine. “This kind of quiet makes me go too far into my own mind,” she says and looks a...
Submitted to Contest #230
A click and snap of a ballpoint pen brings Johnny’s attention forward and away from the window. A small stream of light tries to sneak through the space between the blind and the sill. “How has today been so far?” The older man asks, a hand hovering his papers, ready to write. “Did they tell you to ask me first?” Johnny’s voice has a touch of edge to it, “The people planning the end of the world know ...
Submitted to Contest #176
Christine looks at the bookstore in front of her. The space it occupies in the mini mall looks barely bigger than her apartment’s closet. She didn’t expect to find herself at a shop like this when she set out for work earlier in the day. Then again, she’s been experiencing a lot of life events lately that haven’t ended up like she planned. Burning out at work, feeling distant from her friends, her days are becoming progressively more depressing. And there’s nothing I’ve found that stops the pitiful feeling I seem to ...
Submitted to Contest #156
“I just never thought this would happen.” Hearing him say those words, I can’t figure out which ‘this’ he means. Does he mean our becoming a couple years ago? Or does he mean the argument we just paused? I try not to look him in the eyes, knowing doing so will eradicate any emotional resolve I have left. We stand in silence for a few minutes before I find my voice. “Jack, I wish things ...
Submitted to Contest #101
“Finding identities for yourself is one key to a well-adjusted life. It’s more than recognizing the ways you are known to others. You also have to be able to know which identities you feel comfortable having.” She hears Dr. Hensen’s words from their last session play in her mind again. Maya looks at herself in her tri-fold mirror while she considers them. The statements hit her powerfully with an unexpected realization coupled to them. She looks at the other three version of h...
Submitted to Contest #50
The click and snap of a ballpoint pen brings Johnny’s attention forward and away from the window. "How has today been so far?” The older man asks, hand hovering his papers, ready to write. “Did they tell you to ask me first?” Johnny’s voice has a touch of edge to it, “The people planning the end of the world know I’m on to them. They want me gone. I knew I was right when I said I wouldn’t make it through the day...
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