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The Day Loki Got Tricked Twice

Submitted to Contest #87

Loki sat there on a chair at a desk, staring at the window in front of him. He couldn't believe his fate, the god of mischief, in some 16 years old mortal body, and not by choice, mind you. It was Odin the fucking allfather, he did this to him.  Loki huffed, blowing the strand of soft brown hair this mortal body had. Truthfully, as far as punishment goes, this one was far from the worst. However, he was bored, he was really, really bored, a god without his magic, his seidr, and the god of mischief nonetheless. How was he sup...

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Mischief's Ship

Submitted to Contest #87

   The ships roll smoothly through the waves in the distance, unaware of my little island. I would prefer to live on the mainland, and whether they know it or not, they’re my ride. I dip my hand into the water, and it understands, forcing the ships to turn towards me. The men aboard may struggle at first, trying to get their vessels to return to their original course, but I know they will not be able to do so. The sea prefers me.    As the ships approach, I notice they don’t belong to any nation. These are pirat...

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Mae Flowers

Submitted to Contest #87

Mondays were routinely the most dreaded day of the week for Mae. Besides the usual "start of the week" hatred that most people have for the day, Mae hated it for one very particular reason. Each Monday a raging storm forms right above her house as if on a strict schedule. Rolling grey clouds move in quickly, grumbling in anticipation. They hover over her home as if they are teasing her to play, waiting for her to make one wrong move. These days are usually spent curled up next to her window, watching the rain fall down and cupping her shakin...

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Dancing In The Woods

Submitted to Contest #87

"Morning young lady and what is your name?" Abigail froze. Who said that! "It's me, Emma, and don't stand on me and break a wing!" Looking up at Abigail, with very big eyes, was Emma. Adorable in her green pointed hat, dancing and twirling in front of Abigail. She couldn't stand still. "Has the cat got your tongue, young lady?" Emma carried on. Abigail could not grasp what was going on. Am I dreaming? Am I really seeing this? Hearing this? "I'm sorry, I didn't see you. My name is Abigail." she felt silly and looked around to...

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CHEPI AND A GRIN

Submitted to Contest #87

Teeth….sharp, crooked brown teeth framed in a mouth twisted into a thin grin. That’s all I saw before I moved. I imagine the breath escaping that mouth smells just as foul as the teeth look. Where I’m sitting now, resting, trying to regain some semblance of sanity, I try to recall the detail of that awful episode. Chepi is sitting an arm’s length away from me, trying to catch her breath. If it wasn’t for her scream and warning to escape, I think I might have been in more pain than just my wings and lungs aching right now. “What just hap...

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Trickster's book

Submitted to Contest #87

This is a follow-up to the three other stories I posted last month, basically the fourth part of the main story.Irk’an was the fourth son in the Torrath family, the son of Baron Victor, the head of the district council. Being the fourth child got him away from the heritage conflicts that he didn’t care about in the first place. His family was one of the biggest and wealthiest families on the west side of this megacity. The district he lives in was known for the brutal lifestyle. It is no place for the weak, the rules that built the area...

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The Imperium Stone

Submitted to Contest #87

Amelia had been looking through the window for about an hour now. The environment that had been bright and lively a moment ago had drastically changed into a gloomy and dull environment as if it was about to rain. People were hurriedly walking towards their destinations and some even had their umbrellas out as if they were expecting the downpour anytime soon. A downpour on April 1st? When the spring had just begun? Maybe the sky was playing a trick, an April fool's trick, on them. Amelia got her eyes away from the window and looked in the ...

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Grandma Goddess

Submitted to Contest #87

I woke with a feeling of dread. It was April Fools Day. The worst day of the year. I carefully turned my eyes to the mirror I had nearby and groaned. This year my head had gone invisible. It was always a toss up whether it was my head or body. I heard a screech from down the hall and knew that my sister much have had her body vanished. I don’t mind being jut a head so much, people never actually believe that I am real and just tend to ignore me. But when its just my body, I tend to find myself getting in trouble with people who think that I ...

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Kokopelli's Flute

Submitted to Contest #87

“It began in the middle of nowhere, with the birth of a Hero.” Seb’s ears perked, aware of how this story goes. Its timeline ends somewhere wonderful, but at the moment Kokopelli always begins his story, Seb is slapped by the recollection of that which led up to it.  “Koko, don’t bother the children with that old story. What about that one with the magical seeds?”  His long dreads shifted as he looked up at her. They were like great black vines, recently with veins of silver hair as well. He was sitting, back curved, his flute dang...

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Cupid and the Day for Fools

Submitted to Contest #87

“And they say my holiday is stupid,” the airy voice sighs.  Each important holiday has its icon. Without the faces representing them, the celebrations have one less thing to celebrate. Christmas has Claus, Easter gets The Bunny, and Valentine’s has Cupid. And April Fools Day doesn't have anyone. Which is why it isn't an important holiday. That’s also why Cupid is out patrolling humorless frat boys and women that have fake pregnancy tests and too much time on their hands. She also didn’t have much of a choice when her boss assigned her ...

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His Eyes Flew Open

Submitted to Contest #87

The clanging won't stop and this is making Ekene restless. He twisted and called out to his colleague and fellow apprentice, Olisa to stop making the noise but he didn't. Ekene tried to ignore him but the noise is making him very uncomfortable. After what seemed like forever, the clanging was joned with a loud music. Ekene hissed. He just want some peace and quietness and everything around him has decided not to give him that. But something is off, the music is from the church which is close to the compound he lives in and he is at work....

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The Mystery of the April Fools' Benefactor

Submitted to Contest #87

The flowers were placed carefully on the step so that when the door was opened, the house's occupant would see them, yet the breeze caused by the door's movement wouldn't knock them off the step. Several houses in the neighborhood had flowers placed on their steps just like this one. Others had other items such as toy trucks, a baseball bat and ball, a mitt, a jump rope, a box of sugar-free chocolates, a case of Old Style beer, and maybe even a potted orchid. No one knew who placed these items on the steps, but everyone knew every April Fool...

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Bartebly's Playground

Submitted to Contest #87

“Enter! Enter!” the malicious yet light-hearted deity cried manically. “Have you ever read about the girl’s adventures in wonderland!?  You will see my inspiration once inside” it spoke as it hovered in front of his magic door. Rogna sweatily gripped the hilt of his sabre tighter but knew he could do nothing.  Stay in this world and walk away, and he would fail.  His vow would be broken and he was sure to be an outlaw to the kingdom’s royal will.  Entering the translucent portal that reeked oddly of onions and glowed la...

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April fools day," Whos the fool now"?

Submitted to Contest #87

Thomas was always known for being the one who would avoid the one day in April that he hated, he had been pranked so much as a boy that when April fools day came He would try so hard not to go out or do anything that meant he would have to leave his apartment empty or have to face the public, Thomas had many friends, he was a well liked person, and in the past he had a bad habit of playing jokes on people and they became so bad that he was told not to do any more because he took then to the extreme and people lives were becoming damaged b...

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The Pranking Pixie

Submitted to Contest #87

In the tiny pixie village of Honey Lake, lived one pixie who loved nothing more than to prank others. Her name was Kat, and some might say her prank were her way of getting attention. And when your big sister is Rebel, a very powerful and beloved pixie, one would try to stand out as much as possible. But on the other some pixies say that the reason Kat is mischievous is because she was born one April first. Kat, had been playing so many pranks on the pixies that they have actually gotten used to it, they would make jokes and laugh at ever...

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