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Cactus Amidst Meticulously Groomed Dracaena Trees

Submitted to Contest #68

“Good morning. I’d like to withdraw $368,000 please.” Vonn forced himself to stifle an unprofessional guffaw. She had to be joking. There was no way the woman standing on the opposite side of the counter had the means to make that sort of withdrawal. He knew all of the bank’s customers that dealt in high number transactions. They were here all the time and he’d never seen this woman before. That was enough of a tell on its own. “Our bank has certain limits to daily withdrawals for most customers. I’m going to need to get some information fro...

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When I Cracked

Submitted to Contest #68

I cracked. After twenty-seven hours of near non-stop torture, I cracked, and the biggest secret of my life slowly slipped from between my lips. I was strapped to a chair in the middle of an empty, windowless room. A single lightbulb dangled from the ceiling and shed its harsh light upon me and my torturer who was preparing to rip the fingernail off of my right index finger. “Are you a member of the CIA?” Screamed the wild-eyed, bearded jihadist as the pliers he was clenching in his right hand began to rock back-and-forth, loosening the n...

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Pinky

Submitted to Contest #68

Hues of purple and pink played together in the background of the sunrise, as if they were old best friends. A spectacular view that belonged on a postcard but Kenzo’s eyes were fixed on her. A short distance away a girl danced in the sand. Twirling a hula-hoop around her body and throwing it into the air. Waves crashed in the background. Bewitched, Kenzo stood up wiping the sand off his shorts. He had to be near the girl with a rainbow for hair. He had never been in love before. Not with anyone who had ever loved him back. But he thought ...

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The lost soul

Submitted to Contest #69

Tuesday evening, February 2016, around 16:00pm, birds chipping and the smell of the town was starting to get inside of our homes, the sunset was blossomed and everything just looked beautiful as if it was the end of the world, the phone rang and Marcia picked it up with a jolly face as her cousin was calling, she was always his favorite and he used to call her everyday just to check up on her, but this time the call was different he wanted to see her as it's been so long since they saw each other; cousin Chris told her to prepare as he was o...

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The Camp Out Tradition

Submitted to Contest #68

 The Camp Out Tradition It was July 12 and teenagers Brad and Loni were watching the sun rise.   “We did it again.” “We did.” She smiled at him and when he turned toward her, there was a frown. “What’s wrong?” “I have something to tell you, Brad.” He nodded his head like he already understood. They were best friends. The tradition of watching the sunrise on July 12 had started when they were little kids. The boy had moved in next door the first week of summer vacation. It took about less than three days be...

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The Man

Submitted to Contest #68

On one hot summer day, two best friends are sitting on a beach watching their last sunset together. As I and my best friend Angel are packing our cars we talk about next summer and what we want to do and go. We both agree that the lake near Angel's house is so pretty and peaceful. As I drive home I get a text from her. It is a picture of her and her dad.  They don't live far from the beach so I go and visit a lot. We rented hotel rooms on the beach for a week but that has ended now I guess I go back to my boyfriend. As I get home I se...

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Whistle Down the Wind

Submitted to Contest #68

It had been twenty-four years since she’d last seen it, but the place looked exactly the same. Hannah didn’t know what she expected when she drove by her old high school, but she hoped there would at least be something. Movies made her believe that there’d be this intense nostalgia when she saw it, some burning recognition of her childhood. She even had a mixtape from her high school years playing in the car. She had to buy a whole new CD player to listen. The Head & The Heart, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, all those romantic fall tracks. She e...

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The one constant

Submitted to Contest #68

The sun was just emerging over the mountains, with the light turning from a light blue florescent to bright pastels of blue, green and brown, when I heard her stirring in my tent. I was standing outside, crunching on a pear, with a small container of yoghurt in my left hand. I smiled. “Come look at the sunrise,” I said to her (Catarina was her name), in hushed tones so as not to wake anyone. The other tents were quiet. So, I suppose we were the first up. The idea had been to wake early so that we had time enough to make it on foot to the ...

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The Spy Who Birthed Me

Submitted to Contest #68

“...and that is how I managed to infiltrate the Department of Justice’s system just long enough to delete the criminal records of the Black men in jail for marijuana charges, but I think I found something, but I could only download a partial file before my security system was breached, so it’s only a matter of time before they’re knocking on our-” Three sharp knocks on the door interrupted me.  My mother continued to stare at me with her mouth slightly agape.  Three more knocks came, followed by a gruff voice on the other side. ...

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Miscellaneous

Submitted to Contest #68

“Come on. We gotta go!”“Wait, dude. Lemme get those—”“No time! Come on! Go go go!”“Alright, alright. Chill dude.”The loud and high pitched drones suddenly rang through the air. The two wasted no time as they bolted out the back door. Duffel bags tossed in, they lunged headfirst into their getaway pod through the pre-opened windows. The pod hurtled away before they can even fully get their whole body in. Two pairs of legs were just dangling around, seemingly comical. As soon as the windows were sealed, their facemasks came off. They just...

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Best laid plans

Submitted to Contest #68

This was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives and you would expect it should be, given that they were about to venture out from their very basic and mundane existence into a new ‘wild’ adventure. However, for Chris and Leanne plans and dreams always seem to be scuppered for one reason or another, be it fate or the interference of others! In this instance it was 'others' that would change the course of their lives forever and with all the will in the world for success just once, their plans would prove to be pointless. However, ...

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All Is Well When the Moon Smiles Up at You

Submitted to Contest #68

“Are you sure?” the Younger asked quietly.  His arms rested on his knees as he watched the sun slowly rise over the tops of the mountains, bathing the wooded valley and the lake below with its warm light.  The older man breathed calmly beside him, rigid as the stone bench they sat on, yet at ease. “Yes, very,” he replied. The Younger clasped his fingers together and sighed.  “Well, then I guess this is it?”  He looked at the Elder, the Elder back at him.  “There’s nothing I can say to make you reconsider, is there?...

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Sun, It Rises

Submitted to Contest #68

"Do you usually go on dates this deep in the mountains?" he asked with a bit of nervousness. It's not that he was nervous about the location of the date itself, but more so that he was on a date at all."You said you liked sunrises, didn't you? Or did you just say you like them? Well, either way, from up here we get the best view near town," she said with a hint of derisiveness.'Near town? I would hardly call this near. It took us an hour to get here,' he thought to himself. He was hesitant to push it further, for fear of making himself sound...

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The Twins

Submitted to Contest #68

It had been four years since she’d last seen it, but the place looked exactly the same. Lexi was coming back from her school when she halted in front of the house. A large two-storey mansion with tinges of blue and white, the house would have looked beautiful. For such a bright house, the place looked quite depressing as no one lived in it and was covered with cobwebs.Tears pooled her eyes as she remembered the day she left this house. Her house. She was bought back to reality when her twin brother, Alex, started nudging her with his el...

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Trials of doctor bello

Submitted to Contest #68

“You mean he was not a student in this institution?”  “Yes. He was just awarded Doctorate degree for his philanthropies donation to the department.  “And were you the HOD of exams and record of this institution then?” “Yes, I was in this position then?” “These sixteen pictures he is in telling different story to yours Mr. H. O. D.” “I am surprise why he posed in those manners”. “what about the man sitting on the chair in those pictures?” “He was a lecturer in that public administration department then". “Where will we see the ...

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