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“Noisy Neighbors” by Scarlet Scribe

Submitted to Contest #86

Once upon a time there was a young woman who left the country for the city. She had won a multi-million dollar lottery then moved to the city. Now Ella was tired of city life. She had an overwhelming urge to leave the city and again find a nice spot in the country. Somewhere she could have peace and quiet with no traffic noise or people screaming and shouting. Where sounds would only be from the birds singing and breezes through the trees. A place she would not have interruptions and she could write to her hearts content. Since she had hit t...

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“The Move” by Scarlet Scribe

Submitted to Contest #85

“Mom. I can’t believe the bargain I got on my new apartment. The movers are due any minute then I’ll be out of this rat infested hole in the wall I have lived in for the last three months. It was all I could find when I came to Philadelphia but my new apartment is on the best side of town. I was able to take a life-time lease on it at almost the same as I paid for this old one. Tonight I sleep in luxury, well, I will when the furniture is delivered. Tonight I sleep on an air mattress on the floor but at least I won’t worry the rats will atta...

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“The Bunker” by Scarlet Scribe

Submitted to Contest #84

Gretchen was born during WWII in a bunker only her parent knew about. There had been no doctor for the pregnancy or for her birth. Her mother was Jewish but her father had worked for Hitler so the only safe escape was to totally disappear and their bunker was the only option they saw to use. The bunker started out to be a haven for Hitler but plans had changed just as it was completed. Hitler had died before he could use it and everyone involved in creating it had died as well – except for her father. When the Allies started invading Germany...

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“Annwyn” by Scarlet Scribe

Submitted to Contest #83

Annwyn was astir with excitement. The normal bruidhen, Otherworld palaces, were filled to capacity. The Otherworld was preparing for a visit by Arawn, himself. Arawn, the Sea God would be coming on his magical horses striding on the surface of the ocean and wearing his cloak of invisibility and accompanied by his magical pigs. He was coming from Snowdonia so his journey would not be long.  He should be arriving soon. Selkies began arriving days ago so the beach was lined with seal skins. Those beautiful women who shed t...

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“Walt Busicom's Rise” by Scarlet Scribe

In 1745 Jacques Vaucanson created the world’s first completely automated loom drawing. He was the first to use punch cards. Later Joseph-Marie Jacquard further revolutionized weaving  with a system that would be used to input data into computers and store information in binary form. Many years later, in 1939, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard started Hewlett Packard in their garage.  Moore School lectures took place in 1946 during an inspiring summer school on computing at the University of Pennsylvania ́s Moore School of Electric...

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“Watch Out For Double Blind Dates” by Scarlet Scribe

It was my sixteenth birthday. I was finally allowed to date. Problem was I had no one to go on a date with. It was summertime so there was no school. The only boys in the neighborhood were younger than me and even the boys in our group that went to dances every weekend were younger than me. Finally school started in September and I looked forward to one of the boys asking me to a school dance but it never happened. Halloween came and went without a date. Four months wasted because I was not asked on a date. At least my girlfriend, Ann, and I...

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“World Peace” by Scarlet Scribe

Submitted to Contest #80

“This is Stuart Gibbons of WWXT with a major news event breaking right now. Sorry to interrupt your programming but this is gigantic! The United Nations just announced it has been working on a world peace treaty for many years now. As of an hour ago every nation in the world has signed the treaty. At five P.M. eastern standard time February 11, 2025 every nation on this Earth has agreed to lay down arms ending all wars as long as the treaty is not broken. Thank you to all in the United Nations who worked diligently on reaching this truce tha...

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“Albert, The Alligator” by Scarlet Scribe

Submitted to Contest #78

Albert, The Cayman Alligator I was a babysitter to a rowdy boy, a know-it-all girl and a boy still in diapers at two years old. We lived in an apartment on the second floor of the house where I babysat. My husband worked swing shift on his job so our schedules seldom agreed but I had our beautiful, solid black cat to keep me company when he worked nights. I did not enjoy my job but it literally paid the rent and utilities.  One morning he came home as I was eating breakfast before going downstairs to work. He poured himself a cup of...

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“Being Lisa” by Scarlet Scribe

Submitted to Contest #76

Lisa sat behind her desk as she did every day. Her desk chair was set to a higher setting so her feet do not reach the floor because if the chair was any lower it would be impossible for her to use the computer keyboard for her data entry tasks. Her arms would be too low to comfortably rest on the desk while she typed. Even now her arms carried indentations from the edge of the desktop and it caused her forearms to ache., As she lowered her arms to her sides for a much needed rest, her thoughts were on things she would say to her boss the ne...

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