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SHERWIN D'SOUZA

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The Stars

SHERWIN D'SOUZA

Submitted to Contest #39

Chapter One“WOW! Look at the skies today! Look at the stars form a pendant today. I have never seen such a thing what it could mean Ethan? It seems so vast does not it—the whole universe that is”, said Eli. “I do not know, why would I know?”, responded Ethan. “Maybe because you work at NASA. It’s 2050, so maybe you just might know”, said Eli.“All I know is that you are indeed right about the cosmos. It is truly is indeed expansive” said Ethan. “I heard there is supposed to be a red moon today with a meteor shower today”, replied Eli. “Ya, so...

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Always Being Distracted by Our Pet

SHERWIN D'SOUZA

Submitted to Contest #38

Chapter OneDevon was working on his projections for his Accounting firm, but his dalmatian kept behaving weirdly. He was rotated between barking and licking Devon.Ruff! Rough! RUFF!“Dustin please stop! Please! I need to get work done!”, shouted Devon. Devon had about an hour more of work to do. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Denise said that “hey can I come in?”“Ya, come in Denise”, said Devon.“Are you ready? we were supposed to go to the movies tonight at 8pm with Dale and his wife Dawn. It’s almost seven. I do not want to cancel o...

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Bobby Learning to Play Banjo

SHERWIN D'SOUZA

Submitted to Contest #38

Bobby Learning to Play BanjoChapter OneBobby its time to learn how to play your Banjo! exclaimed Billy, his grandfather. Bobby ran hurriedly down the street to his father from his friend’s home. His father has just come home from work and saw him playing basketball with his friend Boris. Bobby made the game winning dunk that he put through his legs first then jumped over his friend to win 11-10. How was day at school? Asked Billy. It went well. Today we covered the FOIL system and we got to use my favourite negative fractional exponents with...

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Finding a Magical Portal

SHERWIN D'SOUZA

Submitted to Contest #38

Write a story about someone who finds a magical portal in their home.Finding a Magical PortalChapter OneCharlie Bunker was helping his father move into his new home. It was his third day living in their new home. They had almost fully finished exploring his new home. Charlie, a seven-year-old boy was certainly enjoying this process of helping his dad Cameron. Charlie was on his own now.“Hey daddy, look here!” Yelled Charlie.Cameron followed his son’s voice. And he found that his son Charlie had found a cellar door. It was glowing blue. “Don’...

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Talking from Their Balcony

SHERWIN D'SOUZA

Submitted to Contest #38

Chapter OneJames was standing on his balcony, staring at the clouds thinking of nothing. Then he glanced over at his neighbour’s home. On their balcony stood Jessica, a girl he had been falling for since grade school. Now they were in the ninth grade waiting for the summer to end. Waiting for this dreaded season to pass them by. The had done nothing yet and it was already late August. Well they did do a few things, just nothing that much. Jessica was turning 14 August 22nd. James had turned 14 only a week ago. Jessica saw him glancing over. ...

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University Spring Dance

SHERWIN D'SOUZA

Submitted to Contest #35

Joan’s friend had been bugging her for two semesters to go to the UBC graduate dance to celebrate their success. There is a different night for different categories. Those who earned: Minors, Certificates, Diplomas (including Post-Graduate diploma), Associates all their turn to celebrate their graduation. They were considered the tier one education level dance level. The next level is tier two which includes those who have graduated with bachelor’s and masters. The third tier is for the PhD and Doctorate students. Joan was graduating with he...

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Rainy Day Indoors

SHERWIN D'SOUZA

Submitted to Contest #34

Rainy Day IndoorsChapter OneJohn Blanche, 19 years old staying at home living on Lulu Island, during the worst rainstorm of the decade that was causing flooding. Many nearby cities were flooding: Seattle, Bellingham, Delta, White Rock, Surrey, Burnaby, Vancouver, and Everett. Surprisingly, his area was not being affected. He was stuck in his video games, playing COD (call of duty) and occasionally, he would switch to playing Minecraft. During, his intermission between the two games he went to his to internet to go to the email and checked it...

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Bowling Family Game Night

SHERWIN D'SOUZA

Submitted to Contest #34

Family Game NightChapter OneIt was 7 pm, the eve, (Dec 25, 2020) of family game night for Wong’s. This was taken very seriously for the family of four. Peter, 16 and his sister Andrea, 15 hated losing to their parents or and especially each other. Their parents, Sammy, and Luna felt the same way too. Every Friday night 7 pm, was game night at the kitchen table. They would play a different game every week. They had a point system each week and those weekly points earned went towards to the end of year of point total. The tier system wor...

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