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Submitted to Contest #101
I know you’ve done it, don’t worry I have too. Windows, shiny screens, sometimes even polished silverware allow you to catch a good glimpse of yourself. Is my hair alright, makeup good, anything in my nose or, God forbid, teeth? Without anyone noticing I fix a loose strand of hair and return to what I was doing, a sense of reassurement fills my heart knowing that my face hasn’t suddenly morphed into something unrecognisable since the time I last checked. Wait but that’s just a little taste. Now for the main course, mirrors. Smooth, shiny, gl...
Submitted to Contest #92
Happiness and sunlight are inextricably intertwined; they are perfect bedfellows. Everyone looks forward to summer – when the clocks go forward, you can practically hear the collective sigh of relief. Summertime means picnics in the park, summer dresses and sandals, drinks by the river. It means warmth, joy and romance. But, It's the other way for me. Last year, I started to get a rash when I was running. I loved running in the park; it was my coping mechanism for times when I felt sad or stressed. The rash would appear on the exposed pa...
Submitted to Contest #90
Here I am again. The same too small, compact cattle truck. The same horde of half awake, half dead creatures in ties and rough jacket arm in my face as its wearer reads a ‘daily times’ that needed a small rainforest to construct. The same squeak of shoes on the paving slabs, the same slurps of coffee and crunch of breakfast burgers it killed your stomach for you to walk past because the part of your brain that drags you through it all knows the queues are too long. The man in the middle of the train with both arms up on the railings hasn’t s...
Submitted to Contest #88
"Perhaps we are all unlikely writers." I heard those words through the depths of my thoughts. Who can say with any certainty how, where, or why they have been visited by the creative impulse? What we know is that when it arrived, largely unbidden; having infiltrated our psyche, we were transformed. This was my experience, although unlike most of the writers I know who were busy making up stories when they were old enough to pick up a crayon, my creative life did not begin until my 45th year. And that beginning was as surprising and pr...
Submitted to Contest #87
Short Blurb:Get to know Dare aka Lucifer, the not so scary god of underworld who got bored in hell so he decided to take a vacation in the human realm.___Dare's POV"Damn, I'm bored. I feel like I wanna get tossed again all the way to hell from the gates of heaven."The naked skanks around me giggled as if I said some funny things. Ugh, Dad didn't just tossed me, he tossed these stupid creatures with me.But, It's okay, I understand. My intelligence is enough and can suffice for all of us here in hell."Go away sluts, I need some time alone."All...
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