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The Bizarre Evening

Submitted to Contest #93

It was a jolly evening filled with the gladness of the New Year and the entire atmosphere had become thick with the cries of the children. It was a perfect time for James to step out of the house as the clock was already ticking seven. James, a fifteen-year-old lad who always used to step out of the house with his warm and gentle mother, that day he was quite nervous and apprehensive to go to a New Year Carnival as he was not ready to spend another second of his life socializing with his type of beings, he was ready to spend his entire day w...

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Mandala me this or Sketcher me that

Submitted to Contest #94

Let me be perfectly honest. Prior to May 18, 2016 plus or minus billions of years into a future now that no longer exists according to closed time curved loop reality, many things did not exist. Meaning? Solomon’s statement that the past is better than the future is truth.You see, I am a Mandela effected person. Sure, my shrink tells me I am living a past life. And I agree with him. However, when I point out if I lived on Sagittarius not Orion for 45 years and some months that he logically being on a much younger planet than mine would be de...

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Precariously Bold

Submitted to Contest #94

"I said I would didn't I?" Kelsey puckered her lips, hands on her hips in defiance mode. Blake stood in front of her, pointing to the bridge behind them, sitting there, as if it were waiting for them, calling out in the hot stillness of the afternoon sun. "I doubt you have the guts to actually do it." Her friend pressured, his voice getting serious, too much maybe, she thought. Sweat made her hair stick to her small forehead. She was thirsty. "Give me that water bottle. Then we will walk over and I will do it." She motioned to his backpack. ...

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A day to remember

Submitted to Contest #93

“Jennie, wherever you are, if you can hear us please report to the office near the merry-go-round.” You all must have heard such an announcement at least once in your life. It is common for children to stray away from their parents in crowded places following which there would be such an announcement and the either the child finds their way or some adult leads the child to their parents. But if you are an ultra legend like me, you may not be present there at all and may be not just your parents but all people present there start searching fo...

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The Not So Sweet Halloween Party

Submitted to Contest #93

It is October 20. That means there are 11 more days until Sarah’s favorite Holiday, Halloween. She loves it so much in fact that she has gotten into arguments when her friends debate whether Halloween should be considered a holiday. To her, it is the grandest time of year when all of the spooks are set to haunt people’s nightmares, and when you can literally be anything you want to be. Freedom of expression is probably Sarah’s favorite thing about Halloween. She has always been the type of person who does not follow the crowds and does not i...

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A CYCLE RALLY

Submitted to Contest #93

Mahendran was very happy that he did well in the interview. He was waiting for letter of appointment from authorities. After a long crucial waiting --- when he forgot almost all about it, he got the letter. He was highly confident it was for his appointment only. He strongly believed there was no system of announcing about rejection of offer from any government department. In spite of knowing it, he was filled with suspense and with a great thumping heart, he opened the letter. On reading the very first few words, “We are pleased to inform y...

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Lost in Japan

Submitted to Contest #93

Before I knew it, flowers and a roaring wave of people were all that I could see. When the wave passed, it seemed to have washed away my only ride home. My friend Anne was gone. And she was the only one who could speak Japanese. At this point, you may think that panic consumed me like fire. But no. I just stood there, wondering how the hell I got myself into this situation. Trapped in a foreign country, knowing absolutely nobody, with the inability to even speak the damn language. All I can do is sigh, clutching onto my thick, authentic fox...

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Just Trying to Help

Submitted to Contest #94

“It won’t stop.” “What?” “The elevator. The elevator isn’t stopping!” “It feels fine…” “We just passed floor 30, which is what I pressed. None of the other buttons are lit, look!” “Did you push the emergency button?” “You’re literally standing there watching me punch it over and over!” she cried, panic starting to build in her voice. They had just passed floor 25. Was the elevator picking up speed? It felt like it. “Ok, so it will stop at the basement floor…” “How can you be sure?!”  “Because I will make it so,” he said knowing...

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The Extraordinary Adventure of Jacob McMullen

Submitted to Contest #94

Jacob McMullen was a curious child.He had read every book in the family bookshelf including the A-Z and the Dictionary. He knew the proper names of all the creatures that lived in the garden, from the insects to the flowers, and even the clouds.Jacob had hundreds of ideas stored in his brain, for rainy days and sunny days and all the days in between. The trouble was, he was not allowed to do any of them. When he had asked his mother if they could go to the shops, she had said, “No, there are too many germs.”When he asked to go to the fi...

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Get The Party Started.

Submitted to Contest #93

There once was a family. It was rather large, very diverse and filled with unusual creatures. There were rats and cats and elephants.And perhaps a few unicorns.The family got rid of the rats.They looked after the cats.And they did their very best to ignore the elephants.And the unicorns?Those damned unicorns were a wild bunch, and not unlike their dazzling, distant cousins, the zebras, they liked to show off.They were rather famous for using humans as instruments to get their way and grabbed pretty much any excuse to get a party started...

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Lost

Submitted to Contest #93

Lost. That’s how I feel. I don’t know where, or who I am. The last thing I remember before losing consciousness is that I felt extremely dizzy. I took a second to look around where I am, and noticed it was nighttime. I could tell by how bright the lights are. Lights? Wait, that means I must be in a city. But this place didn’t just have lights, it was an explosion of lights. I stood up, my legs felt weak and tired. Not knowing where to go, I picked up my legs and started to walk closer to the lights. I walked past a row of trees and on the ot...

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Behind the Curtain

Submitted to Contest #93

“None of it’s real sweet,” my Dad said to be from behind his growing beard capped with foam from his beer. He gave a reassuring smile and ruffled my dark hair as I quailed behind an untouched box of popcorn. “It’s all just for show. No need to be scared, she’s probably practiced this lots of times.” Dad was a doctor who knew all about bodies and stuff, so I tried to reassure myself with that fact. It was hard however when the whole audience around us in the circular stalls held their breath as a slender woman in full teal body paint slid a s...

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The Devil's Cave

Submitted to Contest #93

“Wanna go to the Cave this weekend?” I’m instantly irritated.  Bob’s old hang out.  We haven’t gone even once since we started dating.  You know how it goes.  Covid plague shut the world down.  Life got crazy busy.  He hasn't been wanting to go back out to bars, because he has to have a pool table to play on when he goes out.  They kept the pool tables off limits for months after opening the bars back up. “Sure” They have karaoke.  I do enjoy me some karaoke. Friday rolls around.  Albert c...

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An Exuberant Celebration

Submitted to Contest #93

AN EXUBERANT CELEBRATION – BY KRITIKA HANS George Paddington, a local resident of Liverpool – a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. The place itself is full of life and character. George was a lively person and was always busy doing things. He was smart and not bad-looking, and he could be funny when he wanted to. George was in his middle twenties and was a fashion-conscious man. He was a painter by profession and worked in Bushwood company. He was acclaimed as England’s greatest painter of his time. George inherited f...

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And So The Tale Begins

Submitted to Contest #93

“What… the hell.”  There really was nothing else to say about the dark chamber that Melia had just entered. It was a horror novel come to life. What was a beautiful ballroom filled with people and music and light not over two hours ago was now decimated. The train of tables lining the walls of three sides of the room were all overturned, their clothes ripped and covered with stains of the food they were carrying. The curtains and tapestries were pulled down and torn apart by what looked to be one of the ornamental swords lying in piec...

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