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Write about someone who books a bargain vacation, only to be told when they arrive that they need to share a hotel suite with a stranger.

Posted in Dramatic on May 19, 2021

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“Blue-Eyed Man ” by Mya Hope

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As the white noise of wet droplets immersed on my white paled skin, I laughed bawling out remorseless words like “why couldn't you ever appreciate my body for the way it was?”and “why'd you'd have to call me all those hateful names ?” then I broke with every scream cracking and both eyes flooding with downhearted salty tears. Months after Months I grieved of the green-eyed man with brown curly hair who had left me in our big grey house with nothing but myself and misery. As time passed and my confidence grew I decided I needed a break, ...

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“Fool's Gold” by Anne McSommers

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This was it. The moment that my life had turned into a romantic cliché. This one being “and there was only one bed”.  I had known it was too good to be true when my friend Lara had turned up after eight months of radio silence and offered me her ticket. A 10-day long vacation in Hawaii, and all I had to pay was my own airfare. She had assured me that the rest was covered, an all inclusive actually. It had been a Valentine’s gift pre-purchased for the woman who had turned down her Christmas proposal. She had conside...

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“REFLECTION” by AEDION LAURA

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A tired girl is looking straight at me. Her eyes now a dull blue but was once bright. There was some hint of tiredness in the depths of her eyes. Her hair was once healthy, but now looks like dried seaweed from lack of bath and a good night’s sleep. I can’t believe I look like a rag doll after a day misfortunes. Yes you heard me right, the girl looking at me was just me. In just 24 hours, I lost my job. My rented apartment was taken by my landlady because I couldn’t pay her on time. My car broke in the middle of the traffic. And I only have ...

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“Designed by Fate” by AJ Harrison

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 Enthusiasm coursed through her limbs as she shifted the weight of the bulky knapsack from one shoulder to the next. A sweaty palm gripped the handle on her cheetah print carry-on luggage as she made her way with the click of her heels across the white marble floors of the Yellow Belle Hotel and Spa lobby. The hotel was all she imagined it to be, from the many pictures she obsessed over during the three months it took to plan her trip to the island of St.Desaina.  Everything mirrored the images she saw from her computer screen; ...

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“Remember Me” by Emerald Woods

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He is gone for good now. After hours of waiting for him to recover from his surgery, I walked towards the operating room. That was when I heard the doctors pronounce him dead. I collapsed to the floors, my mind flooded with denial. I couldn't believe he was gone. It amazed me how he only took his eyes off the road for a second, then he collided with a truck. His injuries were so severe, the doctors were positive he wouldn't survive the surgery, but they agreed to try. But as they expected, it failed miserably. My husband, Vincent Billings, ...

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“The woman of my dreams” by Erich Bridges

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The woman of my dreams By Erich Bridges  It was too good to turn down.  We’re talking an all-inclusive week at an island resort in the Caribbean. For half the price of schlepping to a dumpy beach hotel in Florida packed with drunk Spring breakers and screaming kids, I could luxuriate in some seriously tropical sun and forget my troubles.  I had frozen my butt off all winter in pandemic isolation, so I eagerly paid for the nonrefundable, online vacation deal -- they called it the “Surprise Fun Package” -- after a quick ...

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“Locked Up” by William Tells

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My heart was pounding across my chest. My body was heating up. I couldn’t focus. Concentrating was hard when I was blacking out and coming back in my chair. The air felt heavy and was It was hard to breath. I was in hell. I had been working at this firm for 20 years now. In those 20 Years, I took no break. I worked from Monday to Sunday and repeating without stopping. Wife needed a better house, a better car, a better body and I gave it all to her.  “Charlie, when is that paper going to be due?” Asked James, my cubicle neighbor. My...

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“The Duplicitous Gecko” by Melanie Kreiger

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She was on the second-to-last question on the Made in Heaven dating app when the ad popped up. The thumbnail photo showed aquamarine water and a white sand beach. Her finger hovered, ready to click, no -- tap was what they called it on a phone. She’d never been a techie by any stretch of the imagination, but she got by. How was it that Google always knew what she was thinking, or what she most wanted, even when she didn’t say it out loud? No, surely she couldn’t afford a vacation. Not now. Not with all the uncertainty. She returned her...

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“Short Time ” by Yugel Losorata

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The getaway offer was enticing and I couldn’t ask for more, knowing the troubled paradise my spouse and I were going through. The perks I enjoyed as a lifestyle journalist had always saved me some unbearable weekends.  The heavily discounted staycation was welcome news after an awful week stretch where I engaged myself in a marital shouting match that remained ringing in my ear. I couldn’t wait to reach the venue, and checked into the suite by myself, perhaps meeting someone at the bar on the ground floor come first night.  I t...

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“Complications” by Aiyana Henderson

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With a slump of her shoulders, Carol Jennifer Hardwin picked up her luggage and started to walk towards the front desk. Today was the day. She was finally going to have a hotel suite all to herself. There was no need for her to work in her processing job. The supervisor, Ida Mae Wahlberg, was a pretentious woman, and Carol did not use that word lightly. Her threatening, forest green, chipped, manicured nails were exhausting to look at; not to mention the fact that Carol was always insecure about how her nail buds hadn’t been done in a salon ...

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“Hotel Suite Dilemma ” by Book Bibliophilism354

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Martha is planing a trip to Bali island for a few weeks when something expecting happens to her that changes her life drastically. Martha is in her on her laptop on her dining room table as she is searching for a country to book a flight to for a vacation. "All these places are dull and not exciting. I need something new and adventurous," Martha declared anxiously. I will have to ask my friend Sherry who goes on a trip every weekend. Martha takes her phone from her fashion designer bag and calls her friend Sherry how answers right away. "Hel...

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“The Stranger in Room 24” by AARON LEE

Submitted to Contest #83

It was Claire's first day of vacation. She was going to the Bahamas, her lifelong dream. She had always dreamed of going there since she saw the pictures of the place. Claire was a normal women who lived in New York. She had been saving up money for this vacation since she got a job. She was going to take a plane, and fly all the way from New York to the Bahamas. 2 weeks of relaxation. She was riding on the plane. Typical right? When suddenly the plane when dark. The flight attendants told everyone to stay calm, but the passengers were worry...

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“When the moon is up” by Tatiana Vaillant

Submitted to Contest #83

“WHAT?!” I yelled at the lady behind the desk. My eyes bulged out of their sockets.  I pounded my fist on the marbled table which I regretted immediately when my hand ached. I only bit the insides of my cheeks to stop myself from swearing. The lady still had a smile on her lips but her eyes were sorry. She’s beautiful, her hair neatly pinned up into a bun that made me want to punch it.  I know, I know that she was just doing her job, but I wished they told me this sooner and not drop the bomb the moment I walked through those d...

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“Florida, Massachusetts” by Lily Cunningham

Submitted to Contest #83

I left because of the clutter. It’s an assault.  It’s only temporary, really. I’m just keeping it intact til he returns. He never leaves me with such a mess for very long and besides, it’s not right to clean what isn’t mine. There is a certain deserved ritual to parting from one’s stuff.  The grotesque piles in question make themselves at home in every corner of our dim and wooded cabin. They are comprised of various crumpled papers, worn clothing with questionable sentimental value, failed crafting experiments and the tools th...

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“Sleep Tight” by Josephine Andersen

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Sleep Tight “I’m going back,” Mia said. “Going back, where?” “Back to St Lucia,” said Mia to her sister, Sylvia. “Rather you than me, I recall, it was a traumatic family holiday that year.” “Yes  I  know , I remember,” Mia screwed up her face, her eyes reflecting the pain of  remembering.  “This boarding house is very primitive,”  Marlene  their mother had sniffed. That was true. Linoleum on  the  floor  showed cracks along the skirting board, the curtains were worn,  window ...

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