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Write about someone hosting a cookie exchange as a cover to hide the true reason for inviting one of their guests.

Posted in Dark on Nov 1, 2022

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“Silvia's Family Cookies” by Jasmin Portaz

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Silvia’s Aunt Carol had always been kind of a bitch. Not one to relish in profanities, Silvia simply couldn’t help herself in calling a spade a spade. Her mother’s only sister, the only relative living within 3,000 miles, she constantly reminded herself she should at least try. When her mother passed away from cancer last year, Aunt Carol was there. There to remind her to pay the florist. There to remind her to eat, shower, and iron her dress. There to remind her to fix her smudged lipstick that she probably shouldn’t be wearing anyway, as s...

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“Merry Christmas, Little Mouse” by Jenne Gentry

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 At the sound of the doorbell, Rose brushed the cookie crumbs from her skirt with shaking hands before hurrying to receive her guests. “Welcome!” She said cheerfully, successfully masking her anxiety from the group of women standing before her. “Please, come in and get comfortable! I'm Rose, as most of you already know, thank you so much for coming!” Though she hadn't intended to, Rose locked eyes with one of the women, Sadie, almost instantly. She froze for just a moment before regaining her composure but was confident no one noticed h...

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“A Christmas Surprise” by Senise_13 Roundtree

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My doorbell rang and I quickly dusted the flour from my hands and face, then walked to answer the door hoping it was my first guest. Opening the door I saw a familiar face, "Merry Christmas!" I was delighted to see my best friend, Sam, standing in the door holding a plate of Christmas tree cookies. "Merry Christmas!" I laughed and hugged her being careful of the big plate she held. "Thank you so much for coming! Come in." She stepped into my small home, taking her scarf off, and followed me as I walked. "Of course! Wouldn't miss it for th...

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“An Exchange” by Emma Harris

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Jaemin had been invited to an early Christmas party by his friend, Jun. He thought it was a little weird to have it on the fifteenth of December and he was also busy with planning his Bakery Christmas party with his new girlfriend. He invited his girlfriend Artemis along and after they spent a good hour or two helping each other get ready (Mostly Artemis. she wanted to look good while meeting his friends for the first time), they headed to Jun's house.When they got there, there was quiet Christmas music and a small group of other people. The...

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“Poppy Seed Toxicology” by Tavia Lawrence

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The day started like any other. Except for the burden. The town hadn't seemed to catch on yet and I suppose that's a good thing. I wipe the mud off my boots before walking into work, glad to get off that crowded bus. The store was quiet this morning. The burden hadn’t seemed to make its way in here yet. I tap at my phone but still nothing. Hours past and they still haven't found the burden. My burden. Why haven't they found him yet? The store was quiet, way too quiet. I decided I'm gonna leave my shift early and go back to the spot. Just to ...

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“"OPERATION COOKIE"” by Christopher Muldowney

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An ugly sweater party was never an option. Far too mundane and commonplace an event for the reunion I had in mind, a reunion that I'd been visualizing over and over and over and over again since the day he left for Australia seventeen years ago. Besides, I'm nowhere near handsome enough to pull off an ugly sweater. There are those that are and I hate them for it! All except for Paul of course. I could forgive him anything. Paul could throw on a pair of old musty sweats, forget to run a comb through his hair, show up late for a brunch, and s...

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“The ingredients that make us, us.” by Rethabile Ntsane

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“Mariam is everything ready for tonight? Are the cookies done? Champagne? And food?” Lilita asks as she walked over to the counter in the kitchen,standing beside Mariam eyes peeping over her shoulder as the freshly baked batch of cookies stared back at her. “Everything is almost done mam. I just need to finish the cooking ,but the cookies are done. They were very hard to bake, where do you get the recipe from?” Mariam asked as she scooped the cookies into the large plate where they’ll be on display. “My friend was a great baker, learnt every...

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“Undercover Cookie Exchange” by Andrea Calhoon

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               Olivia fiddled nervously with the bottles of wine and glasses she had set out, moving each one over a fraction of an inch and then moving them back. She reached up to push her hair back and then remembered herself. Instead, she checked that it was still in place, hiding everything that needed to be hidden. She wringed her hands instead.                The doorbell rang and Olivi...

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“The Historic House” by Dan Taylor

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In the Mississippi Gulf Coast town of Bay St. Louis, Mardi Gras was a much bigger social time than Christmas; balls for the adults, and King Cake Parties for the kids, and parades for everyone.Elizabeth (Beth) Wilkinson was finishing the invitations to her Christmas Cookie Exchange. This was the first time she had tried to host a social event since moving here just over two years ago.Beth’s friend Helene Jourdan had been after her to be more involved in the community, but she was so busy raising two teenagers that she just didn’t have time t...

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“Death With A Cookie ” by Simone Myricks

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“Hey girls, I know it’s been a while, but I wanted to invite you all to a cookie exchange. With that being said I want you all to make your finest cookies, and be prepared to vote for the best tasting cookie. I hope you all can make it”. I sent this message to my friends so that we can get this holiday going. Everyone started texting back in the group chat excited about making the cookies. One of my friends mentioned that she was going to make a “ Coffee Cake Crumble”. My mouth started watering when I seen that message. Little did ...

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“THE BAKER.” by Frances Benjamin

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There was no way in hell Marie Connelly was going to bake one kind of cookie. Tonight she was going to host her first ever cookie exchange party and she was almost incoherent with glee having being given the opportunity to finally display her inherent baking talents to the world. Yes, she loved sugar cookies but she loved them more when they were shaped into Christmas trees with red and green frosting and edged in white with sprinkles covering them. But the presupposition that she was just going to bake sugar cookies tonight was as farfetche...

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“the cookie game” by Andrew Grell

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THE COOKIE GAMEBy Andrew Paul GrellThe Mazda Miata slid into the Aerie’s parking lot, did the right doughnuts to leave an outline of an Alpine butterfly knot, and came to rest three feet from the Nest.The Aerie wasn’t called “The Aerie” because old Eagle Scouts in the northeast gathered there, but because it was fairly high up in the Adirondacks. The name attracted the scouts. Carl Hardcastle, being more or less local, was in charge of organizing the reunion, and showed up first.“Hey, Lauretta, still crazy after all these years?”“Wouldn...

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“Caught by the Fortune Cookie ” by Janhavi Mishra

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Anne was staring at the door of her living room in anticipation while exchanging pleasantries with a nice elderly couple from next door. To most people in her neighbourhood, she was just a normal woman in her thirties. She had moved into the neighbourhood five months back after her divorce and was an amiable woman. Her friendly and outgoing personality helped her make a lot of friends in the neighbourhood. As the Christmas season arrived, Anne had invited all her neighbours to a cookie exchange at her house. But the cookie exchange was just ...

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“JUST FOR NOW” by Blessed Chileka

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Who knew I would finally have the courage to look at myself in the mirror? And appreciate the cringe lines on my eyes and the brackets that was a substitute of dimples? I never knew someday I would twirl before a mirror and appreciate my height and the body structure I had shrouded with baggy clothes? I turned to the task at hand. If there is something that the Great Insecurity had successfully ripped away from me, was my creative mind which often, more than not, manifested itself through my handiwork. While I had naively let it set on me,...

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“The Cookie Bond ” by Shreenidhi Ramamurthi

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“The best cookies are the ones that melt on your tongue like butter on a hot bread.” – Sahitya recalled the note that came along with the butterscotch cookies on her twentieth birthday. Every year on her birthday, she would receive a basket full of cookies along with a note that shared a secret to baking the best cookies. She had safely locked every note she had ever received in her safe box. ‘The day I bake the best cookies, the mother who gave birth to me shall come to me, forever’ - Sahitya thought to herself. Over the past twenty years o...

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