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Posted in Short Story on Oct 26, 2022

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✍️ 22 stories

Two Wheels to the Coast

Shortlisted for Contest #6 ⭐️

1“I miss cars,” complained my daughter.Silence. Well, silence except for…Squeak. Squeak. Squeak.“Moooom,” she whined.Squeak. Squeak. Squeak.The heat was thick and tangible. It felt as if you could take a knife and slice the air before your very eyes. It was heavy, and horribly oppressive.“Mom!”“What is it, Honey?” responded Sandra, a tad testily. It was understandable. We were all irritable.Squeak. Squeak. Squeak.“I miss cars.”An exasperated sigh. “Me too, Honey.”Squeak. Squeak. Squeak.God, it was hot. Carefully, I armed sweat out of my face...

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Leaving California in 1969

Shortlisted for Contest #6 ⭐️

The air in California is different than everywhere else. California air is sweet like hummingbirds and ocean salt and no matter where I am — even in the mountains — breathing tastes sweet on the tongue but just barely.  We can’t live in California anymore because it is time to go to the desert. Charlie said it was time and that’s why it is. Charlie talks about the war that’s coming. Everyone is going to die in the war except us and that’s why we’re in the desert. The war won’t be in the desert.  The desert air tastes like ash. The ...

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Destination: DNA

Submitted to Contest #6

Lindsey Burke propped her feet up on the dash and slurped on a watered-down soda. She stared out her window at the blur of green hues from the trees and grass flashing by. Sighing heavily and throwing her silky blonde hair back against the beige, pleather headrest, she glanced over to her mother in the driver’s seat. Sherri Burke’s tight perm and loose brown ponytail bobbed up and down as she drove. Studying her mother’s face, Lindsey wondered when she’d gotten wrinkles and if her mouth was always so taut, or if it was just when she was driv...

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Colours of Red and Yellow

Shortlisted for Contest #6 ⭐️

Agbor Park, one of the most popular commercial parks in Benin City is alive with the usual hustle and bustle, untainted, even with the scorching rays of the very hot Nigerian sun. Mobile vendors of newspapers, magazines and Hawkers of Oranges, Kuli-kuli (Groundnut cake), and Cold drinks walk to and fro the large area, squeezing themselves in-between commercial buses and taxis, big, medium and small, coloured red and yellow, the official colour of Benin public vehicles; some of them designed with colourful graffiti and very wrongly spelled qu...

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Along the Way

Submitted to Contest #6

  Along the Way  My father hated freeways. Back roads allowed him to gawk and talk. So, in August of 1953, the seven people crammed into our 1949 Wayfarer Dodge sedan rode hundreds of extra miles between Vancouver, Washington and New York City.  Small for an eight-year-old, I perched on sweaty laps or scrunched on the floor next to relatives’ smelly feet. A broiler on wheels, our car didn’t have air conditioning. The open windows welcomed unwelcome odors, “eau de barnyard” and exhaust fumes. Invading swarms of man-eating...

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A Road Trip Down Memory Lane

Submitted to Contest #6

If you asked me my one memory of all my road trips, "Being crammed in the backseat with my only companion, the luggage," I would have said with a frown. Well, that was the answer I would have given you a year ago but now, I would simply just smile at you.WHY? Well you're about to find out.It was the 5th of June, one of the most beautiful days I had seen this summer. The sun shone brightly up in the cloudless clear blue sky. I could hear the faint chirping of birds as they flew overhead. The golden rays of sunshine reflected the dew...

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CURSES ARE WELCOME

Submitted to Contest #6

                  Ganesh exclaimed. ‘Wow, the rooms at Dindigul are booked. So, we can leave comfortably for Kodaikaanal. At Kodaikaanal, anyway, the guest house is already reserved for us. Pray to God that we have a happy and safe journey’. Tarun said, ‘Dad, I am eagerly looking forward to this road trip. The hill station, curvaceous roads, hairpin bends, green stretch, dark clouds chasing us, beautiful botanical garden, pillar rocks… all that I have r...

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A Trip Toward Fortune

Submitted to Contest #6

"A deep tin tub.” Alfie’s eyes rolled up toward the heavens as his hands formed into prayer. “Filled with warm water in front of a blazin' fire. That's what it'll be. Rose petals floatin' all around me arse, and me very own maid dabblin’ her hands in, right near me belly-button. She'll swirl 'er hand around, swooshin' away just to make sure it's all hot enough in there. Yup. That's what's comin' for me my lad... and bubbles too. There'll be lots of bubbles." Alfie was a lanky, bedraggled, sun-dried old man who had dreams. He was most noted b...

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Itchy Trip

Submitted to Contest #6

Charlie sat in the back seat of The Big Turd, feeling positive that her allergies were worse every time that she got in it.The 1972 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate Wagon, a two-toned brown boat on wheels, in her opinion, was her dads’ newest pride and joy even though it was over a decade old. Charlie and her siblings did not feel the same enthusiasm as dad did about The Big Turd, having to listen to snide remarks from the kids in the neighborhood when driving by, hence how Charlie came up with her own name for the car. The fact that the car had a...

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A road trip of happiness

Submitted to Contest #6

“Dad, speed up. Go faster.” James was yelling.“Keep it calm, dude. You are tearing our eyes.” Anna said angrily.“We are going safe and slow. Not faster. You get it, James?” Mom said.“Okay, fine.” James was unhappy. “Its no fun without speed.”The Cooper family was on a trip. Mr. Cooper got holidays from the office but he had to do extra work for that. Anna and James forced him to do that and he kept the promise. Mrs. Cooper also needed a break from the daily routine and her bakery. So the whole family decided to go on a road trip. Dad was in ...

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Our Little Friends

Submitted to Contest #6

We’d been looking for a puppy for some time, calling around to various breeders, when one of them called us to give us a phone number. “Call this guy, it’s not a puppy, but he has a nice girl he’s trying to place” she said.A couple of months later, we were getting to know a sweet dog named Dorothy. She was 18 months old and the man we’d bought her from, Daniel, wanted her bred when she turned 2.We were fine with that as we still wanted a puppy. When her 2nd birthday approached, we contacted one of the other breeders we’d previously...

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The Unforgettable Road Trip

Submitted to Contest #6

I was always told that when you receive an opportunity you should always take it, and that is exactly what I did that evening. It was a cold evening, the weather perfectly matched how I was feeling, sad and depressed after my favorite football team just lost to the worst team on the planet. My mood was lightened by a phone call.“Good evening is this Mr. Johan please?” it said.“Yes yes please who is speaking?” my dad replied.“I’m speaking to you from Landmark hotel and resort,” it said.        Right the...

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Family Road Trip Of Horror

Submitted to Contest #6

“Ana?”I blinked open my eyes.“Ana!”Was someone calling my name?“ANAAAAAAA!”I yanked my sleep blindfolds off, threw off my covers and snatched my door open. And there, standing in my doorway, were Lauryn and Jasmine, my five year old little twin sisters. I scowled."What do you two want?!" I snapped."Ana, it's time to go!" said Lauryn urgently. I stared at them, confused."Go where?" I said."On the ROAD TRIP, silly!" said Jasmine, jumping up and down excitedly. "It's going to be so fun! Mommy said we're going to be on the road for TWO WHOLE WEE...

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way to spider island

Submitted to Contest #6

Dawn was in charge kicking him out of dizzy that he had been for an entire night. Unzipping the tent, he came to meet a misty hill aganst him. He turned his eyes from the seduction of the valley to see his brothers enjoying their morning dreams. ‘You idiots get the the hell out of your limbo’ he mildly shouted that no one can hear but wondered to see them waking up as they have heard him shouting on them.          Leaving them behind, he walked through the pine forest having a coffee mug, hot but ...

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The Determined Chase

Submitted to Contest #6

     I have learnt two valuable lessons- Firstly, don’t listen to your pregnant wife even if your gynaecologist has advised you to do so and secondly, never read the newspaper headlines and jump the gun. A week before her admission date at Hyderabad City Hospital, Sonia my wife says, “Honey, let’s go for a long drive … to my Mom’s place!” She puts her arms around my neck and kisses me lightly on my cheek, her belly gently caressing my six-pack abs. The baby in her womb seems to echo the request as if eager to meet granny....

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