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Gabby’s Day

Submitted to Contest #56

“Waah, waah” the sound of crying came over the baby monitor, my eyes opened to darkness seeping through the window. I checked the time 4 o’clock in the morning, I had gotten 3 hours of sleep. I pushed myself out of bed slowly and headed to Gabby’s room, I switched the light on and went to the crib. My sweet baby girl looked up at me between cries and I lifted her carefully out of the crib. She is so small but the weight in my arm brings me peace. With her in my arms I head to the kitchen for our 3rd feeding. The bottles are already prep...

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The Coven

Submitted to Contest #56

“Hey, Cass, did you hear about Henry and Jessica? They were kissing behind the stables. A guard and a servant girl? Unbelievable, right,” Lilith exclaimed as she let fire snake through her fingers, and her red hair nearly matched the color of the flames. I smirked. Only someone blind and deaf could have missed Henry and Jessica. “Yeah, of course, I did,” I replied, letting a bit of the water I was levitating splash on her head. Lily growled in response and set a little ball of fire my way, but I dodged it easily.  “Ugh, really? Jess...

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Caught by Friendship

Submitted to Contest #56

  I hated that every morning I woke up to yelling. It is the worst way to start your day. Try as I might to make it disappear, it never did. I was stuck with it. As everyone from my bus drifted into Salem Middle School, I scanned the crowded hallways and cafeteria for my friend Felicity Lambert, but soon I was scrawled across the floor, not having noticed the foot that was all too willing to trip me. I scrambled to pick up my things before everything got crushed in the stampede that is middle school when I heard my name being called. “A...

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A Day in the Life of Kenyata Jones Smith

Submitted to Contest #56

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF KENYATA JONES SMITH: On perfect days Kenyata was someone that you could relate to and hold great conversations with when you needed to talk. She is an all-around person who has a great head on her shoulders and refuses to let the world destroy her. Well on today she gave birth to a 71b 10-ounce boy who is so handsome and excited to be in the world. This moment marked a new chapter in Kenyata’s life so let us rewind and see how she got to this point in her life. In her life Kenyata has always been a respectful and ambitio...

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It was you

Submitted to Contest #56

I am late. I am so late. My parents will disown me if I miss this. All my cousins will laugh at me till eternity and even after till our next births. It's the funeral of my aunt Tessellate or as we call her Tessie. She was 87. None of us cried when we heard the news we thought she lived long for the drinker she was. We asked her to quit, she denied and said all the doctors that have asked to quit to live a long life have died already. I have to buys flowers for her. “A bunch of white lilies.” “Oh, just in time. It's the last one left. Here...

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My Best Friend Wants to Die

Submitted to Contest #56

My best friend wants to die. It is very important as I tell you my story that you know two things: the first is the story is absolutely true and the second is I have no idea what to do. I guess it’s also important you know there are so many things that could have happened differently and if they had I would not be able to tell this story.Young men, oftentimes, make big decisions for insignificant reasons. One such instance happened when I decided to join the military in 1988. I joined the Army but I could just have easily joined the Mar...

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The Dead Window

Submitted to Contest #56

                                The Dead Window                                  By Bob White            The only time I really had the dream, I was crying and scar...

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Not Strictly by Birth

Submitted to Contest #56

“Vroom” their parent’s car drove into the drive way and into the garage. “Guys, dad and mom are back and it looks like there is someone at the back of the car” screamed Dorothy, the last Hampshire child. The rest of her siblings gathered by the window where Dorothy was and was wondering who would accompany there parents back from there getaway in Hawaii. Once there parents entered the front door, Dorothy ran down to give them a hug and saw a young lady of about her age. Dorothy was 10 years old and was a very stubborn little girl. “Mom, dad,...

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If we die tonight, I love you

Submitted to Contest #56

Autumn:I’m sitting under the moon on a cold, hard bench. It’s windy and slightly chilly. I wrap my red sweater tighter around me, savouring the feeling of the prickly fabric against my skin. It smells like home, where I lived. It smells like Momma’s baking, pumpkin muffins and turn-over apple pie. It smells like the natural soap she used to use when I was younger to wash my hair. It smells like the perfume that Molly used to wear, that floated like a cloud whenever she walked into the room through the dark wood doorways, flowers in her hair....

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Whatever Floats Your Goat

Submitted to Contest #56

"Sir. Mister. Buddy. Hey. Hey you." I say standing two feet away from the man, trying to draw his attention away from his phone. After a few more rounds of hey-yous he finally looks up."I don't mean to bother you or anything," I say, trying to diffuse his annoyance, "But I think you should look up.""Oh, you mean at the giant flying goats that are everywhere?" he responds."Yeah, about that. Uh, do you like know anything about that?" I ask, hoping he will have a reasonable answer for all of this."I was just Googling it when you came up and hey...

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Lake Of Time

Submitted to Contest #56

Why does time pass? It seems so abstract, and we can't understand it. Before we can even get a grasp, it's gone. It passes. Why? Why, why, why? I died on my way home. I walked through a bad area in my neighborhood BANG! Dead. I appeared on the news, and you knew me. You knew what I was wearing, you knew the time I was discovered dead, but you turned off the television before they could say my name. But today's story isn't about me. It's about you. You were on your way home when you forgot to put on your seat belt. The car crashed a...

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A story about Jerry and Tyra meeting during unusual circumstances and becoming fast friends. by Mr. Prince De-Grant Brempong.

Submitted to Contest #56

A story about Jerry and Tyra meeting during unusual circumstances and becoming fast friends. Lost in thought, Jerry leaned back in the chair eyes closed. Also people in the terminal regarded him as a sleepy tourist trying to get a few moment rest. However, Jerry was not asleep but overwhelmed. Jerry lived on the edge for so long. Also as noted the Heathrow International.Airport was.a nightmare for Jerry. Everyone was a suspect. Almost all packages contained bombs, insurgents hid in the shadows an attack was imminent. Again t...

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Blood of the New Moon

Submitted to Contest #56

A gush of wind blasts by, "well... what is it?" asked a voice almost completely muted by the howling of the wind."I don't know. Is it some kind of animal?" asked another.The wind continued to howl, and the sound of snow crunching, could be heard from a few feet away."What the hell are you guys doing outside in this weather?", said a deep voice."Hey, Dante. What is this thing?" asked the beginning voice."What is wha-," there was a pause, intentionally would never be known, "its a human," said the deep voce almost sounding scared."A what?" ask...

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The Arcane Truth of Neon Light

Submitted to Contest #56

Tranquil Travels Motel blends in with the barren desert. Dust covered and soul-draining. Its neon sign glows a deep blue, creating the only light for miles and adds a drunken glow to the worn stone pathway, spreading out across the land with a somber intensity, in competition with the twilight stars. It sways, buzzing, blue and blurry in the stiff and deadpan air.  A mirage, a fever dream, sauntering away from reality. A silhouette rambles down the road, enticed like a moth to a flame, perhaps it is the urge to escape the deafening ...

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Buried Find

Submitted to Contest #56

RecollectionIf you forgive the fox for stealing your chickens, he will take your sheep. It was an old Georgian proverb that Grandfather would often recite, but I never fully understood it until The Day. I could still vividly recollect the intensity of all that transpired - the whispered chill of the cool November air, my pores raising with hairs at the back of my neck; the muffled sounds becoming clearer as I approached; the sinking sensation in the pit of my stomach; the taste of the bile swimming in my mouth; the thudding of my heartbeat w...

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