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The Hexed Golden Apples

Submitted to Contest #100

“Yes! How sublime the evening is!” a tone of panic slips in my voice that I hope I alone was able to notice. “Eh.. would you mind if I borrow your coat? It’s chilly this evening.” After the doorman placed the wool around my shoulders, I took a peek and rummaged the pockets to gauge if the coast is clear. I ran as fast as I could with desperation written all over my face. With a snap of my fingers, I turned the piece of cloth into wings. I have no idea if I’m exceedingly brave or exceptionally stupid. There’s no turning back now. The thing ab...

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The Plum-Rimmed Orchid of Tonga

Submitted to Contest #100

The fabled plum-rimmed orchid was what made FeFe’s faikakai so irresistible. I’ve never seen one, not even in a photograph, but I knew without a doubt that those coconut caramel-smothered dumplings wouldn’t taste the same without it. If the only thing I learned in life was how to make FeFe’s faikakai, my entire existence would be completely and unconditionally fulfilled. If only FeFe ever let me set foot in the kitchen. “’Ikai!” she shouted, shooing me away with her wooden spoon. “No! No cook! I cook!” Her broken English carried through my d...

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Let's Forgive Each Other

Submitted to Contest #100

Apple Pie lounged, relaxed, burnt-red, furry legs perched on the curl of a wooden decoration underneath the poker table. His buddies and he play nightly games of poker here, cards like Go Fish and Rummy 500, and sleep.                                                       &nbs...

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A Miniature Reverie

Submitted to Contest #100

Robert braced himself for the delicious prepared meal, cooked impeccably by his wife Helen. She was a sauté chef at a high end restaurant in the city which Robert reaped the benefits from as her eager taste-tester. Robert's lack of critical critique was irrelevant as Helen enjoyed watching him rejoice in her many cuisine creations. Today she melded together a home made version of Mongolian beef with brown sticky rice and steamed broccoli. He eagerly sets the table and places the utensils and napkins on the table besides two bowls of foo...

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The New World of RED

Submitted to Contest #100

PART ONE A girl named Lu found her father dead in his lab. A microscope stood on the counter, red blood stained the white wash floors. Someone had killed her father, and she knew exactly why. Earlier that day, she'd heard her father on the phone. In a frantic manner he said, "I only have today. They know everything." Lu had no idea what her father was talking about then. Her eyebrows furrowed as she listened on to her award winning scientist father; a man who was obsessed with finding a cure to CVX-13. She knew asking him about the cal...

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My story is entitled why the tortoise has a shell on its back that remains a secret yet to be told.

Submitted to Contest #100

My story is entitled why the tortoise has a shell on its back that remains a secret yet to be told. Once upon a time, when animals could still talk more like humans, there was a famine in the land. The famine was so bad that there was absolutely no food to eat in the animal kingdom due to this most animals experienced starvation. Many of the animals also suffered and experience death one after the other. The Tortoise would not go down without a fight, he often than not fought with other animals. Also, the tortoise was noted as the most cun...

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Caviar to Lobster! ALL IN ONE!!

Submitted to Contest #100

The Chromium inlaid pod doors opened with a whizz, letting in warm air. Dave felt an excruciating pain as the cryogenic fluid thawed resurrecting him. His chest seemed to collapse as he coughed out the liquid ventilation fluid, letting in fresh air which seemed to pierce his pulmonary tissue. A jolt of electrical impulse rushed through his body, revving up his vitals.His eyes seemed to pop out owing to the great sudden pressure difference, and he felt a sharp pain gradually receding. The light flowing through the small round porthole almost ...

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The masquerade

Submitted to Contest #100

As claire sat on the dinning table thinking about how to take to John and convince him to take her to prom she heard a lound bang at the door she hesitated to open open the door but she opened it when she did she saw a very tall handsome boy with brown hair and a very cute fiface she stood there for a minute thinking of what to do next when the man spoke hey am Frank and am soy for bothering you at this moment I really need to have a drink am very tasty please help me. Claire continued to stairs at the man for a very long time I out of the d...

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Esmeralda's Reign

Submitted to Contest #100

Carrie had trudged through the dark purple forest since the change in leadership in her town, Chester Hill. The sky was a tainted green and the grass was a sharp black. She thought of when Chester Hill was normal; people would go around, weaving cloth, sharing biscuits with new neighbors, and thatched the straw roofs on the cottages. Then Esmeralda became Queen. Esmeralda was a witch. In Chester Hill, the townsfolk believed witches had cloaks and brooms, warts and green skin. They were said to come from far away lands where elves and fairies...

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The Beautiful Hunt

Submitted to Contest #100

The Beautiful Hunt We woke up before sunrise to hunt. I walked out into the cool, gray day, in that strange time before the sun rises but after the light has seeped into the air. It was quiet; even the frogs and the crickets seemed to still be asleep, and the tall, naked elms were like white bones sticking up into the sky. Everything was still.            Charlie walked out behind me; his soft footfalls on the dead leaves the only sound around. We didn’t need to speak. We knew what we ...

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Bread of Jupiter

Submitted to Contest #100

Jupiter, the amalgamation of nature and sheer will power was his proudest invention. A 9 year old had the world to conquer, but first he needed to conquer its heart. Trodden sand, lost leaves and jagged rocks soon also became the magical metaphor for his journey to bake bread. He flew down the stairs, with a great goblin grunting at his avoidance,-they had a deal, but he wasn’t up to it anymore-and a little fairy ahead of him as if guiding the path was quickly abandoned as he turned the corner and disappeared into the shadows. Shadows turned...

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What happened that night?

Submitted to Contest #100

I wake up, where am I? I'm laying on something, it's soft. I open my eyes. I'm in bed. The bed is nicely arranged which tells me that I did not sleep under the covers. I try to lift my head, but I can't. I lift my hand to rub my now aching head.  “Where am i?” I see my hand, it's covered in liquid. I squint, not being able to see well, I don't know what it is. I close my eyes against the fact that my head is now throbbing. I pull my hands close to me, trying to lift myself off the bed and into an upright position. I make it half way the...

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THE MAGICAL KITCHEN

Submitted to Contest #100

1 MAMA IS GONE Mama is dead it’s my turn to take over the family’s business,the restaurant. Mama always told me i’ll be the next to take over from the family business after her, and before her was grandmama. The kitchen is our family’s only source of income. That afternoon i was at home thinking about the beautiful moments i had with my mama, then i heard a knock on the door, i went to answer the door when i saw a man dressed in a suit. Hi sir he answered hello, are you Miss Rosa. Yes i am, your mother told me to give you this letter befor...

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Apocalypse During Lunch

Submitted to Contest #100

     “That was SOOOOO much fun!” Rosi squealed, sticking a fork into a rather large French fry and stuffing it into her mouth. “We really need to come back to this amusement park sometime before it moves again.”      “Rosi! Don’t talk with your mouth full!” Yuki chided, using a fork and knife to delicately cut apart her chicken strips.      “Aw, come on!” Rosi responded, still talking with a mouthful of French fries, to Yuki’s dismay. “Don’t be such a party pooper...

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Intangible

Submitted to Contest #100

Perhaps the word "Intangible" is the commonest word used in my family. Weird, right? You just follow me, I'll tell you the story. "Strange" is also a highly familiar word but I think "Intangible" is more common. You see, in my family, a lot of weird things happen. In fact we're a whole bunch of weirdos(except me)-my father has a personal alarm clock that rings at 2am every Saturday just so he could wake up and dance. He never missed the time; he would wake up and dance with high music blasting from his system. And what's even weirder is, it...

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