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Write a story where the laws of time and space begin to dissolve.

Posted in Fantasy on Feb 23, 2024

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“More Than It Can Hold” by Stuart Watson

Submitted to Contest #239

Stuart Watson about 2,100 words 607 Ridgeview Court Hood River, OR 97031 stu@watsonx2.com 541-386-8860 More Than It Can Hold by Stuart Watson We were gardening, pushing bulbs into the ground and hoping for flowers. I heard a car door slam, looked up, saw four young men carrying something really heavy toward the front door of the house across the street and two doors down. It’s painted red, but I couldn’t tell much about the thing they were carrying toward it. All I could tell was they were straining under its weight, sprea...

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“Return to Brandy Station” by John Kassel

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RETURN TO BRANDY STATION With their preparations complete, the brothers surveyed the room one last time. The realization, of what they were really going to do this, was heavy upon their shoulders. But despite the uncertainty that lay ahead, they knew they were ready. "Are you ready for this, Robbie?" Matt asked, his voice tinged with excitement and apprehension.               Robbie nodded, his eyes shining with determination. "I've been waiting for this moment my whol...

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“Juxtaposed Divinity” by Chris Morganroth

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Here I stand in opposition of the stars, lost … deep in space and time. Searching just to find my mind and put it still again, but my heart opposes my thoughts in this moment. A cold desperate and lonely place, breath fogs as it leaves my lips and nostrils. Groaning lightly in the cold of this place with deep feeling of knowing alone so closely. Head bowed, walking slowly with the weight of a heavy heart, each step feels the burden of moving forward as life tugs with the chains of deep sorrow. The faint glow of the world burns against the ...

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“Dad's Not Dead” by Dana Pope

Submitted to Contest #239

I was in my forties when the most tragic event in my life occurred, my dad died. The cause was congestive heart failure so it wasn’t a surprise. With only five percent of his heart working, we knew it was coming, and I was at his bedside when he passed away. This is why it surprised me when I saw my dad walk through the house. Sitting on the couch in the living room, I watch as Dad walks down the stairs and heads into the kitchen. Perplexed, I decided to follow him. He’s at the sink with his head held back as he puts drops of medicine in b...

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“Memoro” by カイ リ

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“Nothing Lasts Forever,” a book by Sidney Shoulder written in 1994. A relic of the past whose creator had long since turned to dust. It was Elaine’s favorite book though, so Ace had it printed for her 27th birthday. The year is 4060 and physical books were almost entirely obsolete. There are only digital libraries these days and the only way to get a physical copy is to order it to be printed. “Nothing Lasts forever,” the saying itself was outdated. For in this age of technological and medicinal enlightenment, there is no such thing as life ...

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“Me and Everyone's Voice” by Olive Helm

Submitted to Contest #239

The rain was rising from the puddles, which makes it hard to avoid getting wet. I tend to stay along the paths that were never rained on to begin with or spaces that were already dry again. Good thing it’s an unusually warm spring, so most of the water dries away before it can climb to the sky again. Still, it will most likely rain tomorrow if this continues. Like everyday, I entered a small bakery near my apartment before I got to university. A few people already stood in line. Immediately in front of me was the store’s owner from yesterday...

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“The Dying of the Light” by Jim Loughran

Submitted to Contest #239

The Dying of the Light1987 wordsThe village of Rathmullan is a special place, surrounded by steep hills and a forest of millennial oaks. The road from the coast corkscrews down under the green canopy of the trees until it reaches the valley floor where the houses nestle on either side of the Avon Beg river, connected by a steep stone bridge. It is a world-apart, out of time, where the only sound is the wind in the trees and water running over rocks. On one side of the bridge is a shallow ford where children paddle in summer, racing paper boa...

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“Not Home” by Betty M Reeves

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Emma wakes up, stretches in bed. Cautiously, she opens her eyes, looks around. Ah, yes. She remembers. This is the other house, the one that is not home. She rolls out of the soft, over-stuffed, quilt-laden bed. She walks to the only dresser, sits, looks in the metal-framed mirror leaning against the wall. Her reflection reveals a thirty-something woman with golden-copper hair, long and wavy. Stuck in the edge of the metal frame, a photo smiles at Emma. Her husband. A year before his untimely death. She puts one finger to her lips, kiss...

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“Leda's Last Sparrow” by Camden Wawro

Submitted to Contest #239

Content warning: violence, implied abuse I writhe. I twist. I struggle. It’s not enough. A fall, a crack, and then a moment of utter blackness. I come to my senses on a cold stone floor.  A cell door slams. Two guards are sneering down at me from the other side. One spits. The other laughs. I stare them down.  “See you in the morning, witch,” the first guard barks. The second draws a thumb across his throat.  “If I were a witch you’d both be toads by now,” I snarl. They laugh and walk away. I shudder and look around. ...

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“It's Going to Be Ok” by Tanya Strydom

Submitted to Contest #239

February 27, 2024 - 6:03AM   I’m staring at the white page of paper before me. It’s clean, pure, empty, unstained, unscribbled, and unsullied, like a baby as yet untouched by life. I know I need to put words down, let them fall like a gentle storm in the summer, but I can’t seem to. It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything. It’s been a long time since life’s been normal.   I feel like my page is laughing at me, twisting itself into a smirking face to mock my inability. Why? Why is it so hard? It’s as though my ...

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“A Time of Endings” by Tara Chatterton

Submitted to Contest #239

Time gives meaning to existence, just as the stars fill the void of night.Uncle lived in a trailer on the edge of my grandparent’s old property, where I now live. He was somewhat of a hoarder, and was different from the rest of the family. I didn’t mind his peculiar ways, and would visit him often. He and I shared the same birthday, which according to him was why we got along so well. His trailer was filled with books, towering around him like a maze. He was into things like, extraterrestrial encounters and other mysterious phenomena. S...

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“Ghost On The Coast” by Heather Henderson

Submitted to Contest #239

It was a foggy October night.Ten modern gas lamps lit the bookshelves acquiescent with a counterfeit-cosiness. The weak sun waved its lamenting arm goodbye from behind the horizon and the blue frown of early night began to fall outside. Accompanied by only the titter-tatter of the plates on my tray (to be washed through the night in the dishwasher), mauve silence settled over the café. The little building overlooked the seashore, a beach of white sands which stretched its wide-open arms far beyond where the eye could follow. A mini libr...

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“The End of Justice” by Joseph Cillo Jr

Submitted to Contest #239

This story contains references to sexual violence, physical violence, murder, and blood.Fiona, my wife, lay dead on the living room floor, and I felt nothing. I glanced at my hand, and the knife, red with her blood, yet not a twinge of conscience. Shouldn’t I feel guilt? I reasoned I had committed a grave sin, and knew it to be a sin, and yet, I knew no guilt. I felt greater sorrow for sin when I had stolen a pack of gum from Floyd’s Pharmacy when I was nine years old. I had run to confession to the priest, feeling this separation from God t...

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“Mamaloshen” by Charles Stanford

Submitted to Contest #239

“Gut oven,” Freddie repeated, the lesson playing through large headphones. Her phone sat in her pocket as a thrift store find warmed in her hands. It was a wooden beauty with cypress branches etched into it for $5.99, plus whatever was inside. Luckily, she knew how to get it open. Freddie knocked on a friend’s door, accidentally cracking her across the head when she answered. Daria Li let out an expletive. “I found something!”  She rubbed her forehead. “Good for you.”  Freddie held up the box. “A locked thing.”  Now Daria was ...

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“Jack’s black world ” by Zachary Lloyd

Submitted to Contest #239

Hello my name is Jack and I live in a black world. The world around me is nothing, but black from sun up to sun down. This world is just like yours accept I’m the only person who lives here. When you look around you see monster in human  masks these masks look real enough to be a perfect replica eyes of different varieties, different shades of skin, and different shapes of the nose, but they all have one thing in common it’s of a human face, but on the mask conceals a monster twisted in mind and distorted in faced consumed by the d...

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