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The real monster

Submitted to Contest #40

“It has big red claws, and a super scary face like this,” The boy contorted his face, stretching parts of his skin to form a hideous expression. After he spoke, the boys around him erupted in laughter, seeming to neglect the intended horror of the story. I sat on a rotting tree trunk a few feet away from a dim fire. Patches of moss and various fungi grew on the makeshift bench, and various insects found shelter inside. These elements left it nearly untouched by the others who preferred to lie on the ground. Next to me on the log sat a b...

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Peaceful Night

Submitted to Contest #40

RubyEverything started when we were hanging out in Nino's backyard. A true misadventure that lasted a night. His parents had left for some holiday back on the mainland so we had the house for ourselves. We spent all of our time outside, though. As always. We had made a fire in the brasero Nino had built, planning to have a barbecue. Paper lanterns were hanging on the trees around our camp since the beginning of the summer. Our hammocks were waiting for us. It was a warm evening, with crickets singing ; the four of us were together and I coul...

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Creaking Cracks

Submitted to Contest #40

Instagram.Instagram is a social media network where we view people's personality and acknowledge their doings.Well there was a rich,cool boy at school,he did everything he desired of,like a normal high school student but he was a little more extraordinary.He uploaded a picture on his Instagram story where he was adventuring in a forest.It made me want to do some crazy things like he always used to do.I closed the Instagram tab and I dialed one of my friend.i started saying "hey,chris,I was wondering to do something crazy tonight"I didn't wan...

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Picnic escalation

Submitted to Contest #40

Every school kid has its own stereotypical tag. It is basically an unwritten rule of our school life. I believe a first impression should not be the bedrock for creating an image of a person. I have been a continuous target of this absurdity. I got the label of the quintessential shy nerd. Well, when people can’t distinguish between quiet and shy, this happens. I don’t see myself confined within the label of an  introvert or an extrovert. We cannot divide the world into black and white. Our lives occasionally need a silver lining. Every...

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Another Day, Another Dollar

Submitted to Contest #40

“Maisy, I can’t believe you're still here!” I looked up at Tulia, surprised to find her standing in my doorway. Pausing Broad City, I took out my headphones, picked up my laptop, and placed it on my night stand, amazed at how warm my lap felt from my computer’s exhaustion. “It’s really good,” I said with a guilty smile. I held my arms up in front of me, linked my fingers, and arched my back, head dropping. “I know it’s good. But look outside,” she said.  I looked out my window, took in the grey skies, the cedar swaying slightly in...

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The Brooklyn Beast Makes A Friend In Us

Submitted to Contest #40

This story takes place in Brooklyn, New York circa 1985. It should be read in a very thick, and I mean thick, Brooklyn accent. Do your best.My friend was swallowed by a monster. No, seriously. A nine-foot, six-inch, revoltingly repugnant, seriously savage, warty and weighty blue-ish, purple-ish, incredibly fat creature devoured my friend in one bite. Like a gavone would at Sunday dinner. He’s ok though.Let me tell you about it?We were about to ride our bikes to the park. It was dusk. My Ma told us it was too late to go to the park, that it w...

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" An Unpredictable Occurrence"

Submitted to Contest #40

My grandmother used to tell me stories when I was younger, she uttered me her life experiences, even her remarkable stories that she used to listen from her mom about fantasies and she would often deliver me stories from my books. One night I requested her If somewhat misfortune ever happened to her, she looked fearful and her face became pale as she proceeded “well it occurred with me and my friends when we were on our outing to the mountainous zones of the countryside” she continued and told me that it was a real incident of her life ...

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It's only the roof

Submitted to Contest #40

The black office chair. The metal pipes. The white soccer jersey. The blinding light. These are the things I associate with that day. We got caught. We? My friend Rayna and I. The black office chair because that is where I sat when I cried. The metal pipes because we kept having to step over them while walking the roof. The white soccer jersey because it was my first varsity soccer game. The blinding light because it was the first thing we saw when transitioning from inside to outside.  One climb, two climb, three climb, CAUGHT! Three s...

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A FOE

Submitted to Contest #40

Priyanka came to know that her friend’s husband was admitted into Yashodha hospital for dialysis. Since the hospital was near her home at a walkable distance, she thought of visiting her. She bought some fruits and went to see her. At the hospital at every point she had to enquire and go further. She had to enquire and find out the floor number, room number, visitors’ timings, any do’s and don’ts’... She had to enquire where was the lift and get there. She came out of lift and looked for the room where her friend’s husband was admitted. Ther...

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How To Build A Fire

Submitted to Contest #40

HOW TO BUILD A FIRE   “Most people think burning a brush pile is easy,” Jimmy said. “Just splash around some accelerant and put a match to it.” We’d just finished clearing some ground next to his grandmother’s apple orchard so she could expand her vegetable garden next Spring, a job the sweet old lady described as “just fittin’ for two 16 year old boys with too much time on their hands.” “You know how city people are.” Jimmy pulled a wad of red rag out of his jeans and scrubbed his face. “Always rushing and missin’ life’s mysteries...

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Abbey Ruins

Submitted to Contest #40

Jasper is always on these neverending world tours with Hoffman’s Circus now, but back when I knew him he was just a klutz. Always showing off in front of girls, performing magic tricks that always seemed to involve him briefly holding their hands, doing tricks on his skateboard, playing with hacky sack or poi. Even with only me as his audience on our cycle rides around the outskirts of town looking for stuff for him to photograph, he was always jumping about. It’s surprising any of his photos actually came out in focus, really.On a May bank ...

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A Blunder in the Burrs.

Submitted to Contest #40

The crisp autumn air was cool and the warmth from the morning sun was welcome on my back. I used the last of the summers heat to my advantage, drying the indoor acrylic paint that I was applying in long smooth strokes with my brush. The long strips of trim were balanced on the sawhorses in the driveway. The smell of cut grass and drying autumn leaves mingled with the fumes from the acrylic paint. I was preoccupied and content with my task, paying little attention to the whereabouts of my two year old son, Jonah. A little chatterbox, he was a...

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A Fae-tal Misadventure

Submitted to Contest #40

Jack wanted munchies, that's how it all started out. We set out on our adventure to the store; even though Jack only recently moved to the area, he swore he knew a shortcut. I should have spoken up when it started getting darker and the trees drew in closer. And I definitely should have said something when I noticed the strange ethereal glow in the distance.  We should have turned back then, but Jack is insistent when he thinks he's right. Unfortunately, Jack is rarely right. It's his special talent. Our group of friends has always jok...

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Cross country misadventure to San Diego comic con

Submitted to Contest #40

Melissa’s prov Where should I begin, it all started off fine in the beginning on our journey towards San Diego, just us girls. Though granted it is not just us that is going, it is us and the boys from work also, but my mom does not know about that part. See I told my mom that it is just going to be me and a group of my female friends that driving up there and splitting the hotel bill for a week. Granted I have never lied to my mom like this, but a girl must grow up sometime. See I am 25, still a fucking virgin, and the best part is that the...

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A Little Dinghy

Submitted to Contest #40

        I was staring up at the ceiling. I could still make out the faintest sounds of rain but the sun appeared bright through the window. “You know, I didn’t learn to swim until I was eleven. How is that even possible?” Charlotte was bent over; I thought looking for something she dropped. She came back up with her hands over her head and immediately went down into a lunge followed by a warrior one pose. “Eleven? Wow, that’s pretty late?” Charlotte replied, still holding her perfect warrior one.  “Yeah, I remember ...

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