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“Don't Worry, It Will Grow Back” by Caitlin Woitt

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Marcy held her head in her hands and wept as more and more of her once golden blonde hair fell to the floor in flecks and clumps. Each snip of the stylist's shear drove her further into despair. Before this, Marcy was the envy of her school. Everyone knew that her hair was her pride and joy. She had invested a small fortune in vitamin shampoos and miracle serums. Each day was a new surprise for others to marvel at. She was almost never seen sitting still without twiddling it in some manner or another. Her vanity was despised by other girls s...

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“A route in Paris” by Phillipa Royer

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A little boy, around the age of 8, walks hand in hand with a woman that he barely knows. Her hand grips his tightly, leaving no room for him to escape. Luckily, the boy has no such ideas. He, more or less, goes skipping around, watching other women and men walk past. The new March breeze, cool and wet, kissing his round face. The woman steers him forward as if a rope were tugging her forward. She has a goal to get to. How much she looks like his mother. Straight, brown hair, always pinned up, small blue eyes, a skeleton frame under a heav...

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“The New Apollo” by Clifford Gibson

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I’m not an extraordinarily vain person, but looking ridiculous in front of a classroom of university students adds to the challenge of establishing and maintaining a relationship of mutual respect, essential for effective classroom management. Taking risks with a haircut is something I steer clear of. As a matter of course, I am risk averse, and I stayed true to my risk averse nature time and again, when on my daily walk to the station, I passed the barber shop with its robot standing guard beside the door.I passed the New Apollo,&...

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“A Bad Hair Day has a New Definition” by Victoria Schlanger - Rubin

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Vivi is 62 years old. She exercises regularly, tries to eat well and enjoys a glass or two (or three) of wine on occasion. She goes to the salon to get her hair colored every three weeks, she needed it every two weeks because once the grey root line started and spread it was visible but she was able to color it with a temporary spray for one week. She hated the thought of sitting in the salon chair for hours. Vivi also worried about the harsh chemicals saturating her hair. She refused to go under the hair dryer as was recommended ...

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“Roses on Mars” by Gabriella Stewart

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When I stepped into the only hair salon on Mars I had the same bleakness hanging on my shoulders as a soldier who was about to fight to the death would. Ok, maybe I was being a little dramatic. I hadn’t realized I had paused right inside the door until the only person inside the salon said, “Be with you in a minute.” It was obviously a man, judging by his voice, but he was mostly hidden by one of those spinny chairs that I’d seen on every salon I’d been in on Earth. Looks like some things were universal. He had been crouching on the fl...

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“A Bad Hair Day that Won” by Eunice Amero

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A Bad Hair day that Won “Mom, will you come help me?” Carla shouted from the bathroom sounding discouraged. “What is it this time? First you want me to get you a towel, then toilet tissue, then a housecoat. What is it now?” “I can’t get this brush out of my hair.” When her mother got to the bathroom Carla had a brush tangled all up in her hair so bad she didn’t know what she was going to do. “What on earth have you done? This is a mess,” her mother told her while pulling on the brush to get it out. How do you get ...

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“Mr B's Barbershop” by Leony Haingura

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Brandon J King my father owned a barbershop that was on the corner of the street. It was frequently visited by people in the neighbourhood and a few people from other neighbourhoods. The barbershop was passed down by my grandfather who built it in the mid-nineteen hundreds. "This place is more than a barbershop son. This is a meeting place for our extended family," I never understood what my dad meant at that moment. I only understood it a bit later in my life. My father gave jobs to those struggling. Missy and Trisha were single mother's ju...

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“Short Cut” by Mike Cuthbert

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It was time. He felt the encroachment of several strands across his ears. Both ears. He had been putting it off because he didn’t have a lot of money in his bank account and was waiting for a check in the mail from his disability pension. He felt his usual twinge of conscience every time he thought about it because his knee had responded to therapy and he could get around just great of late. Better than great, he was jogging three days a week again and it felt good. He lost the pounds he had put on during the rehab of his knee, wore proudly ...

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“Daniel's Place” by Chuck Thompson

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Joey started it. He’s the one who came up with, “Hey, they got animal rights, right?” Everyone in the shop assented. “They got gay rights and plant rights and all kinds of other rights, right?” Nodding and muttering showed everyone was onboard with Joey’s statements. “Then why the hell don’t we have cannibal rights?” That stopped the scissor snicking and the clipper buzzing as if Joey had stabbed Daniel in the eye with a pair of shears. ‡‡‡ You know how occasionally there’s a dive restaurant that scare...

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“Welcome to the Enchantress Salon” by Danny Caves

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The front door of my hairdresser salon, Enchantress, smashed open into the wall with the loud bang. I jumped my scissors cutting a larger section of the hair, black strands hopelessly spiraling onto the ground. I barely missed the customer's ear by an inch as our attention moved to whoever barged in. At the door stood a woman. Pink. Her hair was neon pink shining even through her pristine white slouch hat. Wild stands showing here and there. Wow. How did she manage to do it? Tears streamed down her pretty face smearing heavy makeup int...

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“First Cut” by Karen Peradon

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The cramped attic above the salon apartment was lit by one light bulb encased in a fancy laced lamp shade. It took Sylvia down memory lane, reminding her of Solomon, who was so flamboyant he put finishing touches in unseen rooms. It smelled of about-to-disintegrate paper and mothballs. She had not been up here for… she calculated when she installed the high-tech receivers and coding antennas… four years ago. But even then she hadn’t bothered touching the boxes.“Any room up there?”“Oh sorry dove, miles away, come on up, mind your head.”She sh...

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“Hair Today Gone Tomorrow ” by Shira Tanny

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I’m one of those few individuals who does not like attention. I’d rather stay home and read a book or watch a happy-feel good movie. When I am invited to a dinner party, I pray that there will be an attention-seeker there. I am content to have my siblings brag about their accomplishments or complain about their spouses. I enjoy listening to the noises around me and detecting how many conversations I can follow at once. Sometimes others might look at me as uninviting and cold, but really I just enjoy listening or talking to one person at a ti...

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“Transparency In The Salon” by Stevie Aldrich

Submitted to Contest #33

Valerie scrubbed down every surface at her station, picking up bottles and tubes of products to reach underneath everything and going up the mirror that displayed a mystery splatter. She wiped off and disinfected all her combs and her shears, along with every other tool she used that day, ensuring it was all in tip top shape for the next day. She swept and mopped the floor surrounding her chair first, then, out of the kindness of her heart, she moved through the rest of the room with the broom and mop. She rinsed all the colors bowls and bru...

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“First Date” by Breda Gjyzeli

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“Really, a hair salon?” Elena asked, wearing a confused look on her face.“Yup,” replied Noah, pushing the car door closed, as he had insisted on picking her up for this surprise. He placed his hand on her lower back as he led her towards the small doors. He felt her muscular back with the tips of his fingers and got self conscious of his bulky body for a moment, but quickly cast that feeling aside.“You are weird,” she said laughing, referring to their conversation a few days back at the gym, when he finally asked her out, where he ...

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“A trim too far.” by Daisy Fairweather

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September 3, 1939Dear Diary,Today has been an insult from beginning to end, and I am very pleased that as soon as I have finished my entry within your pages, it will be over. It is seldom in life that you have a day as bad as mine and the need to document it is the sole reason I have not chosen to skip this entry and find my bed to end this day all the sooner. The realization that my wedding was in twelve days set me catapulting into my day abuzz with excitement. Apparently catapulting with a bit too much vigor, as I managed to knock my...

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Write a story set in a salon or barbershop.

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✍️ 70 stories

“Don't Worry, It Will Grow Back” by Caitlin Woitt

“A route in Paris” by Phillipa Royer

“The New Apollo” by Clifford Gibson

“A Bad Hair Day has a New Definition” by Victoria Schlanger - Rubin

“Roses on Mars” by Gabriella Stewart

“A Bad Hair Day that Won” by Eunice Amero

“Mr B's Barbershop” by Leony Haingura

“Short Cut” by Mike Cuthbert

“Daniel's Place” by Chuck Thompson

“Welcome to the Enchantress Salon” by Danny Caves

“First Cut” by Karen Peradon

“Hair Today Gone Tomorrow ” by Shira Tanny

“Transparency In The Salon” by Stevie Aldrich

“First Date” by Breda Gjyzeli

“A trim too far.” by Daisy Fairweather

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Write a story about a character who can't make up their mind about something.

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