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Write about someone making a seemingly inconsequential decision, which goes on to have important consequences.

Posted in Narrative on Oct 26, 2022

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“The Three Chord Rhapsody ” by Onyxx Moon

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THE THREE CHORD RHAPSODY  Mace sat slumped in a chair in front of a mirror. He was in his dressing room, attempting to prepare himself for a performance. His long dark hair hung in ragged tangles down to his shoulders and the bags under his eyes betrayed a previous night of a raucous party with drugs and alcohol.This had been his life and no matter how he tried, Mace couldn't remember when this life he was living really began.  All he knew was his music no longer thrilled him when he played it, the screaming fans no longer insp...

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“Sisterly Love” by Smita PATHAK

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“How the hell did I land up in this weird situation!!I wish I had never taken that decision. …Damn! Why can’t everything turn back to the way it was!!”*********7:00 a.m.- A bright sunny morning. All were busy in their own set of chores. People washing their cars, Mopping and cleaning away all the debris the last night storm had left back…The wild wind had swayed down a huge tree to the middle of the road. People were trying to remove it. Kids were arguing to play outdoors.“Birds chirping, Green grass, tall trees, honking of cars, chattering ...

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“Alex find's out the hard way aliens exist” by Glenn Etzwiler

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Alex a nineteen year old decide to fall off the grid so now one can find him. He is tired of the constant following and unfollowing of people on social media. Tired of people saying they are his friends when they really are not. So Alex decides to go off grid for a while he takes all of his birth day money he saved up. Rents a cabin up in the mountains where there is no television service or wifi or cell phone service. He wanted to just ignore everyone and wanted to relax also to just get away. Alex did not want to worry about social ...

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“A Unicorn's Decision” by Tanya Humphreys

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Lawrence the unicorn was exhausted. He’d been traveling the continent searching for more of his kind. Finding even just one other of his kind would satisfy this great and heavy need.  He had roamed all the way down through Alaska to King Cove, then all the way north to Utqiagvik. He had made his weary way across the Northwest Territories to Nunavut, then down through every Canadian Province to the tip of Newfoundland, to a little town called Blanc Sablon. His coat grew as shaggy as the wild mountain horses of the vast ...

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“Sergeant Weasel & Cristina's Tamales” by Jay Rush

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“Sergeant Weasel and Cristina’s Tamales” By Julian R. Rush, Jr. Sergeant Joachim (“Joe”) Wietzel was a veteran of wars, foreign and domestic. Desert Storm was still a gritty memory to Sgt. Joe -- he’d lost a leg, but got a purple heart. Arriving home meant weeks of listening to Maria Elena, Joe’s wife, angrily criticize his drink induced rages and emotional distance. After seven months, and a few cursory counseling sessions, Maria skipped talks of a home-front truce, waved her white flag and left for parts unknown taking th...

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“The Prank” by Sabrina Santos

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 “Give it back to me,” said Jessie to her younger sister “It is not yours, give it back” she continues to say in rage. While her younger sister is waving her brand new caseless phone from the other side of the couch. “ Come and get me,” said her little sister as she was sticking her tongue out. With frustration Jessie charges at her sister with all her might. Her sister screams and throws the phone and it goes flying across the room and that was the last they both saw from Jessie's new phone. But that isn’t the only thing the girls have...

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“Alice brushes her teeth” by Fenelina Geraldine Dsouza

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Once upon a time, in a dormitory someplace, something very strange and very unbelievable happened to a little girl by the name of Alice. Everyone had already fallen asleep when Alice realized that she’d forgotten to brush her teeth. She was awfully fond of her teeth, and dreaded the prospect of cavities and the possibility of ending up looking like a yellow-toothed pirate. She had, however, already tucked herself in and her comforter was pulled up to her chin and well over her ears. She was snug as a bug and didn’t want to budge. Surely, t...

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“Marlboros to Midnight” by Ethan Glenn-Reller

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Marlboros to Midnight By Ethan Glenn-RellerWord Count: 1364 I’m a man of little care and littler wage. I spend most of my days asleep and most of my nights working the late shift at the ampm a few blocks from my flat. At some point I stopped staring out the window waiting for the sun to rise during my shifts and just focused on breaking dollar bills and grabbing packs of Marlboro cigarettes from behind the counter for the few customers that wondered in. Marlboro ciggs come in a variety of flavors but the three we usually have are Menthol, S...

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“Chasing the Butterflies” by Hritesh Mishra

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I leaned back on the chair facing the backyard garden upon which I had squandered half of my savings. My father bought that extra half-acre land with the last penny of his fortune, just so I could dig it up for nothing.I looked around, envisaging the blossoming flowers and the fragrant aroma of ripe fruits stagnating in the air. It would’ve been a reminiscence of those summers I grew up in.I used to spend the vacations at my grandpa’s place. I’d wait all year for the summer, to spend a couple of months at his place.My grandpa was too old to ...

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“A Cup of Hot Coffee” by Dede K.

Submitted to Contest #95

Beth gets up for work every morning, makes coffee, showers, gets dressed, gulps coffee, eats breakfast and leaves for work. Her routine continues. She works as a project manager at the nearest marketing firm. A job she went to college for even though her father told her to become a nurse.  Yesterday the Monday blues settled in. Beth cried on her sofa and watched reruns of drama tv shows.  Before bed, Beth decided to lay out her clothes. She settled on a modest tan p skirt and a white collared shirt, underwear, and stockings. ...

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“A Most Disastrous Royal Wedding” by Carmen Friesen

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“We’ve narrowed it down to two options,” says my mother, beaming as though she’s prepared some delightful treat for me, “but we wanted you to have the final say.”“Well, that’s very considerate,” I say before I can stop myself. “I don’t get to choose whether I’m getting married, but at least I get to choose what to wear as I’m led to my death.”“Don’t be dramatic, Ziggy,” says my mother with a reprimanding frown. “A wedding is not a death sentence. It’s the happiest day of your life. Besides, you’re going to be a princess. It’s every girl’s dr...

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“The Umbrella Decision” by Chris Culpepper

Submitted to Contest #95

John sat in the car watching the wipers swish back and forth to their own rhythm. He had helped the last of his family to enter the building without getting wet. His mother and aunts appreciated his chivalry. Good thing he'd remembered his umbrella. He always kept it in his car now. It hadn't always been that way. He'd made plenty of "rain runs" as he called them. You know the type. You try to dodge the downpour because you didn't expect the sudden storm that came out of nowhere. He was never prepared before...before her. This...

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“Albert” by Joe Swanson

Submitted to Contest #95

“Did you notice I seem to be aging at an accelerated rate. I can’t figure it out. I don’t remember these furrows in my brow yesterday. Were they there, or have I just not been paying attention?” “What else would be new. You tend to forget what century it is when you are busy playing with those theories of yours. I ask you to pick something up from the store, and you bring me the equation necessary to calculate the likelihood of their being life in other solar systems. Your mind has a mind of its own, you know th...

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“Forgiven” by Samara Guinto

Submitted to Contest #95

There was a mother — she had three sons — but also she was struggling financially. Every day, she works hard selling flowers while walking the busy road. After the day ends, she sighed, gasping for fresh air to breathe: “I shall rest. My sons are waiting for me,” she said while walking home. As the long day ends, she visited her sons, asking: “My sons, have you eaten yet?” As she spoke, her sons did not reply. Furthermore, she cooked as if exhaustion never existed. She went to the market to buy an apple, even if her legs are unable to walk, ...

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“A morning like any other” by Barry Northern

Submitted to Contest #95

For the first time this year there is a hint of daylight around the gaps in my curtains that wakes me before my alarm clock does. It is beginning to look like the end of winter. I'm still too sleep-addled to move and lie under my warm duvet with my eyes closed, ignoring the creeping digits on my alarm clock. I lie there, trying not to doze off until its harsh klaxon jolts me to wakefulness at six-thirty. I decide not to hit the snooze button today.Michael, I say to myself, got to get moving. Like my mother says: one day at a time; keep busy;...

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