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Reflection of Fate

Submitted to Contest #101

Today was my eighteenth birthday. The wooden box from my grandmother sat on my black bedding. The gold key glinted in the yellow light of my bedroom. My hand shook as I picked up the key and turned it. A piece of velvet wrapped something heavy. With a sigh, the piece of velvet felt soft against my skin as I opened it. A scroll sat heavily in my hand. My fingers slipped losing grip of the scroll. In a tiny thump it crashed against the floor and rolled open. It read look in the mirror. Silently, I walked over to my mirror and just st...

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It doesn't matter but matter suggests that...

Submitted to Contest #101

It was the 1926th time the old man had tried this calculation in anticipation for a big astrophysics breakthrough. His was a life of constant trial and failure but never did he at anyone point yield to the fate of being destructed, he too like old men had lived his life like the albatross, full of wondering and wandering, and he hated sleep. His inspiration was driven by a charming young man, Nixon, a teenager physics genius full of vigor to learn to unlearn. Professor SamuelBest Sentt lay down his head on the edge of his office desk and the...

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Tu(ths)Day

Submitted to Contest #101

My, my, but Myreka doesn’t know what she’s getting herself into this time. Look at her, watch her, as she taps her feet along the pavement, one foot in front of the other like a merry schoolgirl, on her way to a class about baking or puppies or something otherwise pleasant. Ah, but Myreka is not on her way to learn about baby canines or pastries at all! She’s skipping, tapping, jolly-go-getting, straight down into a grave. My, my, you’re thinking, but that did escalate so quickly! No, pigeon, the story didn’t escalate, it de-escalated; it we...

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You’re Perfect Just the Way You Are!

Submitted to Contest #101

I-is t-that me? Naomi questioned herself. “No, it can’t possibly be. Not in this life at least.” She quietly muttered to herself. This is usually how her personality is like. Always judging, hurting, doubting, and questioning her true self. Naomi usually hunks that she has lost all empathy for my her own self. What kind is person can learn to love, if he does not love himself?People who are often depressed, anxious etc are often causing deep trouble for their inner selves without realising it. Think of it as a habit- for example, you ha...

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The Maze

Submitted to Contest #101

      “Would you like a hint?”            I stared up at the owl grimly, sweat pouring down my face, my hands streaked and bleeding.            “I want to get the hell out of here,” I spat back.            I was trapped in a corn maze. I’m wasn’t sure how long it’d been; my only guess was at the sun, which had been slowly rising and was now at its ze...

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A Faded Reflection

Submitted to Contest #101

        Kip Wilkinson had long known that he was unique in his ability to see the reflection of when people would die, but when he was confronted by his girlfriend, Maddie, about why he had been acting so strange, then, even he was shocked by her reaction.        “Are you sure that this isn’t just some kind of schizophrenia? Maybe we should take you to see some sort of psychologist about it.” Her tone was completely level and that was what annoyed Kip the most ab...

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Black Mirror

Submitted to Contest #101

           Richard was staying and learning new skills at San Francisco. He couldn't go back home since his fiance die. This day was her anniversary so he bought the white roses from her favorite flower shop. He was being a prince of blackmoore. His ancestors got the title by king and also the mansion and the lands. He must be the lord of blackmoore when his grandfather passed away. He thought everything back to the past times. At those times, she was being happy to live there with him a...

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Simply Me

Submitted to Contest #101

Smile and the world will smile at you. Living a life is something everyone must do. After finishing my school year things get tough. I lost my parents at the same time and my Aunt walk me by to this Cafeteria to work . Its just one ordinary day for every one. Then i got this small unit with pretty much every thing in it especially the mirror with wooden rose design. My Bestfriend is also my co worker we kept everything . Sharing good times and bad times. Having to promised to live our life to the fullest what ever it takes. Times passes so s...

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Silence is Deadly

Submitted to Contest #101

Silence is deadly. Asmund puffed his smoking pipe as he marched through the snowbound forest, his eyes darting to and fro as they scanned the pristine taiga around him. Several men had gone missing in these parts several days ago - a normal facet of life here in the monster-infested Northern Province, but because they were members of the Ecclesiarchy he was ‘volunteered’ to find the clergymen. Or what was left of them at least, as his friends at the tavern had jested. The chirping symphony of birds danced across the frigid...

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Lisa's Adventure

Submitted to Contest #101

One day, Lisa was walking past a dig site. "They have been digging there for years. I wonder what the archaeologists are looking for," Lisa thought as she walked by. "Hello sweetie pie!" said her mom as she walked in the house. "How was school?" "It was okay," replied Lisa with a sigh. "What happened now?" asked her mom. "I got a C- in my math test." "It's okay. It just means you have to study more," explained her mom. "You always say that," said Lisa in her mind. "Uh. Mom, can I go to the dig site?" "Sure pumpkin. Just be carefu...

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Inner Reflection

Submitted to Contest #101

    There is a certain peace that dwells in a midnight wood. A tranquil solitude that envelops anyone who wanders the winding paths. It so happened upon that winter night these woods sought my curiosity. Obeying their whispers, I entered the forest.  With each step the twisting trees persuaded my fears that they were merely haunted words. Painful words that should mean nothing, but somehow managed to weave their way around my heart. And I believed in them. Then came the tears. My eyes leaked delicate staines upon my ivor...

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Once upon a time, when exploring my reflection, I really lost my weight as I viewed myself in the mirror, I saw my reflection and image.

Submitted to Contest #101

Once upon a time, when exploring my reflection, I really lost my weight as I viewed myself in the mirror, I saw my reflection.The mirror is a polished or smooth surface as of glass that forms images by reflection. She looked at herself in the mirror. Mirrors are of two types which are mainly plane mirrors and spherical mirrors entirely.It is also believed that in 1835, German chemist Justus von Liebig developed a process for applying a thin layer of metallic silver to one side of a pane of clear glass. It noted that it was the German Chemist...

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Sea stones

Submitted to Contest #101

               Marilla sat on the peer watching the tide as the waves crashed and rippled across the sand. Sometimes as she watched the water, she would feel a strange sense of nostalgia. She did not swim in the sea, it was dangerous, her mother had told her. With the undercurrents and the sea creatures, the sharp stones and the rush of the waves, the sea was no place for a girl like Marilla and she always listened to her mother. Still, she longed for the water in a w...

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This Time Is Different

Submitted to Contest #101

This time is different. The hundreds of times I had gone with Aiyana it had been considered a result of our misbehavings. A punishment. But this time is different. It’s an adventure. It’s a new perspective. It’s a chance to save ourselves from a terrible fate.  ***** I follow Aiyana’s dark, chocolate-brown locks that shimmer from the water’s reflection. Her animal pelt dress glows in the dim moonlight like a lantern, trailing farther and farther away from me.  “Wait up, Aiyana!” I call, as I pause to gulp a breath of air. S...

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Dream Mirror

Submitted to Contest #101

Finally arriving, the group scrambled from the passenger van. In the background, music and sounds came together and created excitement. In that moment, they all had the same thought; Sibling Day at the carnival had been a good idea. Walking toward the entrance, the smell of the different foods rushed out to greet them. Ben and Krystal smelled funnel cakes. The others could smell the kettle corn and pizza. The group as a whole would include Ben, the oldest son of their family. A veteran of a foreign war, there had not been too much he had...

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