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Partners in Pranks

Submitted to Contest #56

Bwaaaaaaaap! The sound of the air horn filled the classroom just as Mr Clark, our math teacher, sat down on his chair, setting the whole class off. Mr Clark turned beet red, whether it was from embarrassment or anger, I didn’t know. I bit down hard on my hand, trying to hold in my laughter, but failing miserably. Some of the kids were rolling on the floor, laughing hysterically. “Shut up!” Mr Clark roared after getting over his initial shock, “Be quiet or every one of you will get a week worth of detention.” That made the whole class shut u...

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Life Unexpected

Submitted to Contest #56

I was dating this girl; her name was Jade. Jade Williams. We hit it off immediately. After dating for about five years, we got engaged and Jade became pregnant. We were so happy. I thought everything was going great but there came life, changing everything.About seven months after Lia was born, the great life we once knew was gone. Just like that. We had all went to bed like it was any other night. In the morning, I got up and got dressed in comfy clothes and smiled knowing that I'd get to stay with Jade and Lia today because Sunday was my d...

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Dating can be fun!

Submitted to Contest #56

Dating can be fun! “How did it go” Heather Long asked the moment she came into Mary Flynn’s office. Mary didn’t answer at first because Mary didn’t really know how to put, how it went into words. It was Monday. She was at work and Friday seemed so far away now.  “Recorders on” Daniel Rogers said to the air “this is your official after action assessment.” “Well sir I really don’t think this was a mission, it was well… It was well, supposed to be a date” Gordon Hodge told his immediate supervisor. “It doesn’t matter what it was sup...

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Introductions

Submitted to Contest #56

Jade straddled the bike and took a moment to familiarize herself with all the gadgets. She’d never had a bike like this before. Speedometer, odometer, head and tail lights, turn signals - the works. The seat and handlebars adjusted easily to fit her short body. “Hey.” Jade looked up, startled. A young man with dark skin was standing beside her. “Sorry,” he said. “Didn’t mean to scare you. My name’s Gregg.” “Jade.” “Nice to meet you,” Gregg said with a wide smile. “Hey, I heard you chanting something. Can I ask what it was?” “It’s...

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The Floor Is Now Lava

Submitted to Contest #56

John still felt a little groggy and confused from when the mysterious woman had roofied his drink the night before. And now he found himself here. “This is ridiculous!” he announced. He was staring down a hallway, in what he presumed was an abandoned building, in some far-off location. Away from the safety and help of a civilized society. And from the hallway’s walls, circular saw-blades measuring two feet across jousted out into the path he was meant to take, or else the strange wrist-watch he wore would inject him with a deadly poison....

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Spray

Submitted to Contest #56

  A mob congregates near a diamond latticework separating lush jungle from civilization. A cart laden with bloody meat halts at the outskirts of the growing crowd. It’s feeding time. A cheer emerges. The striped beast within the enclosure pads to the fence, sniffing at raw meat and humans. The bob of curious little heads strain for a better view. Fortunate children climb aloft on shoulders of their kin. Tommy isn’t one of the lucky kids. He’s tall for a seven-year-old and wears a wild mop of matted hair. Aside from being difficult to ca...

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The Girl Guides an established group of people welcoming a new face into their midst. by Mr.Prince De-Grant Brempong.

Submitted to Contest #56

My story is entitled The Girl Guides an established group of people welcoming a new face into their midst. Girl guides is a movement found worldwide which was originally and still largely designed for girls and women only. The girl guides welcomes new faces in their midst in instances where they rescue people drowning in the sea. Likewise other instances too that they do not welcome boys and men into their midst but rather only girls and women. The Girl Guides organization was introduced in 1909, this was because girls demanded to take pa...

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Rocky Relationships

Submitted to Contest #56

I continued down the path, being sure to dodge the branches and stones. The group leader happily bounced between large stones on the side of the trail, leading the way forward. Fourteen other people were in the group, each had a backpack filled with gear and a walking stick. They were on a long hike across the Rocky Mountains, trying to enjoy the view below them. Almost everyone had been going for about three days at this point and almost everyone regretted it because they were all tired. We were supposed to be at a log cabin enjoying a Chri...

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I Join The New Avalon

Submitted to Contest #56

"You got that right sister!" Fortune said, and then laughed. Raven and Bast joined in with her. The night of my first spell, our love spell, we passed through the mists of the mundane world. Daneb, Jane, Catherine, and Brandie fell away as the witches Lupa, Raven, Bast, and Fortune rose from those mortal shells. I wore my dark red silk robe, designed to entice and to lure, as I would wear it for you, my love. My sisters were equally splendid, with Raven forgoing her usual black for deep purple, Bast in a midnight blue robe that matched h...

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The Wizards

Submitted to Contest #56

Once upon a time there lived three wizards. One wizard was called Cactus Jack and he ruled the deserts, he had the power of fire. He could magically produce fire any time he wanted. Then there was another wizard who was called Cool Crystal. He ruled the North Pole and South Pole and he had the power of ice. He could magically produce ice any time he wanted.These two wizards were very peaceful but if someone tries to do any bad things to their respective worlds, they both get very angry and destroy their enemies with their magical powers...

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Not You Again

Submitted to Contest #56

She hates balls. There full of pretentious people who think they're better than everyone else. Their heads so high up in the clouds they think what color suit they wear matters. She couldn't help but roll her eyes at their overly fake faces. She changed her face to match the ones that spark her anger. She made her way through the packed dance floor, making sure she came off just as enthusiastic as the snobs beside her. "Angelena, you need to meet this guy. He's so nice, I just know you'll love him!" Her new friend, Scarlet, screamed as...

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Strawberry Dress and a Goodwill Jacket

Submitted to Contest #56

Amvri and I bonded over how cold it was in the abortion clinic. It felt like fucking Alaska in there, I have absolutely no idea why they would keep people getting abortions freezing and shaking but who knows. I had asked a few of my friends if they could come with me and they were all busy and I was a tad bit pissed because I had to go by myself so I drove my busted up 2014 Honda Accord 2 hours to get to the clinic and when I got there I was losing my shit I won't lie but I pulled what little of myself I could together and got out of the car...

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A Chance Meeting

Submitted to Contest #56

A Chance Meeting             My mother called me “ugly” once. I was staring in the bathroom mirror for the fifteenth time, looking at my reflection, making sure that this red dress doesn’t draw attention to my ‘thunder thighs”. Yeah, right, Janneke, whom do you think you are?  Purposely pushed an annoying strand of hair behind my left ear.             “Ugly,” was the one word my loving mother u...

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Cottonwood Grove

Submitted to Contest #56

The residents of Cottonwood Grove didn't like change. They or their ancestors had lived and died in the small community by the river for over two hundred years. Occasionally a member of the population would go to college and return with a new spouse. Usually, the community accepted the spouse. Nedra attended college in the closest big city. After graduation, she returned, married to a handsome man from that city.            Everyone liked Wendell. He laughed at all th...

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Karaoke queen.

Submitted to Contest #56

  There we were, just like every other Friday night, singing our hearts out at our favorite karaoke bar. And just like every Friday night, it was the five of us. There was Ali, with her long blonde hair and steel blue eyes, Shel, with a smile that people noticed from across the room, Skylar the tallest of the bunch and the comedian, and Terry with her shiny brunette hair and sensible ways. Then there was me. I have always loved to sing, and karaoke with this crew was my favorite way to unwind at the end of a hard week. There was never a...

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