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Across Time and Space with Laurie Chittenden

159 contest entries /
79 stories

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It was the busiest day of your life, giving new meaning to the term "human race."

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It was the most ridiculous night out any of us had ever had, and that’s saying something.

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You’ve been thinking about moving back home for awhile. As you’re wondering whether or not to do it, your parents show up at your door, asking if they can stay with you.

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You wake up one morning and can’t stop rhyming everything you say.

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Interview a fictional villain.

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Write a short story from the perspective of a waitress working at one of the city's most romantic (and busy) restaurants on Valentine's Day.

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"Love is a battlefield" had never rang so true.

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A typically mild city gets a huge snowfall for the first time ever. You are part of the cleanup crew.

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A brand new employee is starting their first shift — at their first job ever — in the busiest, biggest store in town, on the busiest day of the year.

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The shopping bag ripped and all its contents tumbled to the ground. For you, this was the last straw.

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There was no going back now: you finally decided to go for it, and let the chips fall where they may.

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You lived a quiet life without surprise or disruption. Until today.

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You're determined to break the world record for longest book ever published.

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Every morning you receive a package delivered to your door, containing an item that you end up needing later that day.

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A tiny mouse must zealously guard his tiny cube of cheese from the menacing outside world.

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You accidentally run over a bunny on your way to work. It turns out that it's the Easter Bunny.

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You open your closet one morning. Something clatters out. You pick it up. The skeletons in your closet have been made real.

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You're on a blind date — with your sworn enemy.

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Forget Ferris Bueller, you were detemined to make this the best day off. Ever.

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You're in a waiting room at a clinic that promises to cure writer's block.

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