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Submitted to Contest #79
Maia tucked a short, golden brown curl behind her left ear and continued to work on her thesis paper. She paused to take a large gulp of her lukewarm coffee and typed a few more words on the computer, then groaned and erased them. She laid her head down on her desk, eventually deciding to surrender herself to her lumpy couch for the rest of the evening. She dragged herself into the small kitchen, pouring the rest of her coffee down the sink and popping a TV dinner into the microwave. Once it was done cooking, she grabbed a white plasti...
Possible TW: Description of dysphoria. Ruby stared at her reflection in the floor length mirror. She saw so many things wrong with the way she looked. Her hair was way too short. Her shoulders were too broad. She was about six inches too tall, her voice was three octaves too deep, her chest was about two cups too flat. At least, she thought. She didn’t know much about cup sizes. But the worst of all of her flaws was the fact that her body was biologically male. She didn’t understand why she had been born that way. Ruby could go on and on for...
Sydney knocked gently on the bright yellow door of her childhood home, shifting from foot to foot uncomfortably. She glanced back at the Trump sign that was sticking up out of the front yard. She was getting nervous again. How would her mother take the news that she was going to share with the family today? Aianna squeezed her hand reassuringly, breaking Sydney out of her thoughts. She turned and pecked her girlfriend on the lips, before jerking away from her as the large door swung open loudly. “Hey, Sydney! It’s so good to see ya aga...
Submitted to Contest #74
Ashley felt Oaklynn’s small, sticky hand slip away from hers. She heard a small, pitiful whine fall out of Oaklynn’s ice cream covered mouth, and by the time that Ashley had whipped around to look behind her, her tiny six year old girl was enveloped in the large crowd. Ashley immediately felt sick, her stomach dropping to the very bottom of her feet. She could feel bile rising in throat, she wanted to throw up. The giant Los Angeles crowd gulped her right up, surrounding her small form and blocking her from seeing her daughter's long, blonde...
Get a castle to live in!! Eloise glanced behind her, making sure that her younger sisters were following along. The four girls reached the front door of the fourth floor apartment, and Eloise shakily unlocked it. She swung the door open, her breathing shallow. Her sisters peeked around her, and little Alice gasped. “Oh, Ellie!” The five year old girl exclaimed. “It’s so cool!” She dashed into the apartment, spinning around and crashing into the old couch that was provided. A small cloud of dust rose from it, and Eloise internally cringed. Bu...
Submitted to Contest #71
Essie huffed loudly, brushing a long strand of hair out of her face. She had been slaving in the hot kitchen for over an hour, and she was no closer to having her grandma’s perfect gingerbread cookies than she had been when she started. She picked up her phone defeatedly, shooting a text to her mom. ‘Mom?’ She sent. ‘How much molasses did Grandma Natty use in her gingerbread cookies?’ Her mom responded almost immediately. ‘Half a cup, if she wanted them chewy!’ Essie groaned quietly. She’d used a full cup in her last batches. She sent a quic...
Submitted to Contest #65
Kevri and Kyrie Jacobs held tightly to each other’s hands, walking quickly down the slick pavement away from their house. They straightened out their long purple skirts, smoothed out their hair, and then knocked on the tall, looming door of 73rd Mooney Street. The door creaked open by itself slowly, and the girls entered the house, closing the heavy door behind them. They headed from the entrance hall into the living room, where a large group of people that the girls didn’t recognize had been forming for the past few hours. They were followe...
Akari-Ichika examined the brand new notebook her grandmother had recently gifted her. It had her full name printed on the front page, and she scribbled out the ‘Ichika.’ She hated that part, it came from her mother. She flipped to a random blank page, and began quickly scribbling down the plan for that night. She then took a picture of it, and texted it to the group chat she had with her best friends. Akari pocketed her phone, and began changing into a different, darker outfit. She pulled on a black long sleeve bodysuit, and black skinny jea...
Winter gripped her younger siblings’ hands tightly, walking them quickly down the sidewalk and towards the next house. People were coming at them from all angles, and Winter wasn’t about to lose these kids. They reached the next house’s driveway, and Rowan pulled away from her older sister, racing up to the front door. This prompted Jackson to do the same, and Winter had to jog after them. The twins held out their plastic pumpkins, and the plump lady at the door dropped candy in. The lady’s toddler peered out from behind her, and Winter smil...
Submitted to Contest #64
Evelyn skipped down the hallway of her large house, her long blonde hair swinging behind her. She entered the sitting room, where her parents were settled down on the couch. They looked up at her, and smiled. “Hello, Evie-bug,” Her father greeted her. “Hello, Papa!” She ran over to them, and sat in her father’s lap. “Are you excited for your sixth birthday tomorrow?” Evelyn’s mother, Alice, questioned. Evelyn nodded excitedly, smiling. When she smiled, her missing front teeth became even more apparent, and it made her father chuckle. H...
Ellie examined herself in the mirror. Her long, blonde hair was pulled up into a tight ponytail, and her eyes were sunken in from stress. She sighed, tightened her ponytail even more, and exited the small bathroom. She trudged down the long hallway and re-entered the head master’s office, where her mother and father were waiting for her. “Hello, Miss Elaina,” The headmaster greeted, sitting straight up with her hands folded on her desk. “Hello, Mrs..” Ellie glanced at her name plaque. “Rothschild.” “Ms,” She was corrected. She nodded a...
(Trigger warning: homophobic language) Abbie walked into Crestview High School, ready for another day of note-taking and humiliation. She hurried to her locker, her head down. Once she got there, she popped it open without using the combination. She swung it open, and shoved her backpack into it, taking all her books out. She went to close the locker, and glanced at the inside of the door. She stopped cold. Written in red, bold letters was the word “dyke.” She could feel her face burning. She slammed her locker closed and ran down the hallwa...
Delilah’s eyes blinked open and she snuggled deeper into her bed, clutching her teddy bear. She glanced over at her sister Sawyer’s side of the room. She wasn’t in her bed, and Delilah could hear noise coming from downstairs. Then she remembered. The visitor was coming today! She threw her unicorn covers back, and ran over to her shared dresser. She stripped out of her Minnie Mouse pajamas, and threw on the first outfit she could find, which was a purple sweater and jeans with a bedazzled pocket. She then pulled her knotted hair into a ponyt...
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