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Currents

Winner of Contest #72 🏆

Lillie stood on the weathered deck of the house she had loved for twenty years and imagined herself falling; tumbling over earth-toned rooftops, through lush pines and down to the rocky coastline below. She imagined the currents pulling her away from land, winds and water pushing her across the globe along ancient, unseen pathways, into the abyss.Lillie wrapped her hands around her mug, the warmth inside already fading. Memories floated by, one by one, images shifting and swaying like anemones under ever-moving water in the tide po...

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The Keepsake

Submitted to Contest #72

Inspector Bruford is an hour early for his midday appointment with a temporary concierge at Springhope Mansion Flats. The letting agent has deployed the replacement caretaker to cover Mr Winston‘s duties whilst he’s helping the police with their enquiries. The inspector jabs his nicotine stained forefinger at a metal button labelled Estate Office. The intercom reacts to the assault with an insolent bleat; bzzzzz!The Victorian apartment block looks less shabby than he remembered it yesterday evening. A modest communal garden at the ...

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The Nuptial Agreement

Submitted to Contest #72

"Hey! Jane, right?” he asked upon seeing her approach his table.  She nodded her head in acknowledgement and they both sat themselves at the table. After exchanging pleasantries they sat together in a few moments of silence, with neither of them sure on how to proceed; this was not any usual scenario among two complete strangers to get acquainted with each other. "Should we get a cup of coffee?" he asked her after a while. "Yeah, sure," she replied, not wasting her words. Sipping on her coffee she asked him, "So what are we doing here?"...

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Best vacation ever

Submitted to Contest #73

You know how alot of story's end with lots of happiness and fun laughter and lots of noises. Well for one I am so sick of crowds cheering and everything that has to do with loud noises. Yes I sound like a christmas scrooge but i am just trying to get some peace and quit but I cant with all the noise that keeps happening every day and even night as well it's like no one sleeps anymore. I am a ballerina dancer at a studio call scarlett swan. I have lots of fun dancing but I have had enough of the fans for a while I want to be away from the for...

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When There's a Chance to Let Go by Rain Begines

Submitted to Contest #72

“To my love, Elliot,” Susan’s voice echoes through my mind, sounding like a melodic song playing on repeat.  I felt the cool wind on my face as I stood in the park. I took a deep breath, folding up the letter, and holding it close to my chest. I wasn’t strong enough to read it further. I closed my eyes tightly and leaned against the tree. Our tree. After a moment, I opened my eyes and put the letter in my pocket.  “I’ll see you soon.” I whispered, my fingers lightly brushing over the engraving that reads “S.B+E.SJ”.  I took...

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Thorns

Submitted to Contest #72

Our story takes place on a blustery December day in Hyde Park, one of the most romantic places in the world, where lovebirds often tweet about, cloaked with the smell of chocolate and flowers. In a certain quaint apartment complex, there lived a daughter and father suffering under the cruel heavy weight of poverty. The daughter, Marigold, loved her father dearly and would do anything to make his life better. Since Marigold worked as a seamstress it was difficult to afford enough food to go round between them, which made the poor man come dow...

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Light Relief

Submitted to Contest #73

I was the first coryphée to pirouette offstage when the cue was Exeunt Stage Left. I almost always, but not quite, avoided getting dizzy and / or smashing into the backdrop, thereby making things difficult for the rest of the nymphs and dryads sprites and naiads. I had joined the troupe with a view to going places during my gap year – not because I liked dancing. My sister’s boyfriend had high hopes for me; he said my height and carrot-top would make me famous. You don't often see tall ballerinas, do you? In fact, they X-Ray the wrists ...

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Sweet Dreams

Submitted to Contest #72

        “We have to be careful,” Mr. Wilson whispered into Kayleigh’s ear, as he was pushing her against the wall in the high school’s storage room. She could feel his warm, heavy breath on her neck, as he gently put his arm on her hip. Their eyes met, and Mr. Wilson leaned in for a kiss. She could feel the soft pressure of his kisses on her lips, as she let her fingers go through Mr. Wilson’s soft, curly, black hair. Entangled in their kiss, they didn’t notice how the door slowly opened. “Oh my goodne...

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Regret

Submitted to Contest #72

“Falling in love with you was never the plan, you know,” I stated, looking down at my hands, pretending to inspect my fingernails, but honestly, I was just trying to avoid making eye contact with him. “Rebecca and Frank tried to set us up long before we ever met, but I had absolutely no interest in dating the man that she described to me. “Rebecca told me all about how you worked for Frank’s construction crew down in Georgia, but that you came up here to Maryland a few times a year to help him with the rental homes, and that even though y...

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The Unplanned

Submitted to Contest #72

A man sat in a dark room, alone. He faced a wall, a wall of Screens. Each about a foot squared in size, every single one showing a different picture. There were hundreds, maybe thousands. The man, Khan, glanced over the Screens, seeming to analyze each one in that brief instant. Khan turned away from the Screens and opened a drawer. Every single citizen had a file. He knew them all. Flipping through the people, Khan stopped at a certain page and removed it from the rest. This certain sheet was worn and the picture faded. Obviously a ce...

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Many Men

Submitted to Contest #73

Chapter 1 : Today is christmas eve. I am celebrating with my whole family. Cant wait to see everyone again. This is the best time of the year and it's going to be the best one yet! I got to my parents house. I had to smile it's still the most amazing house just hiw I remember it. I walked to the door and pushed the door bell. The door opend. My mom and dad where standing in front of the door with a big smiles on there face. "Hello mom." "Hi dad." "Hello Coraline." We both gave her a big hug and let her in. "How have you been pumkin?" ...

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BFFs

Submitted to Contest #72

The sun, shining through the clouds, looking down on her grave. "Joy Millier. March 7, 2000 - July 28, 2020. Beloved by family, cherished by friends." Such dull words for such a wonderful spirit. The only friend I ever had. My other half... Tears rain down my eyes, soaking my face. God, how I wish I could have been there. Been there with her... I shouldn't have left for work. The job SHE got me. Taking out a gun, I aim it at my head. Don't worry, Joy. I'm going with you...  Some weeks before: "...Lovely story, but it isn't quite fo...

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Consequences

Submitted to Contest #72

It was some giant, cosmic joke. It had to be. Somewhere, up in the stratosphere, whatever deities were still watching over us mere mortals were cackling. It was, ironically enough, hilariously unfunny.  And, on top that, it was stupid, on my part, to let it go on as long as I had in the first place. It wasn’t like I hadn’t known what I was getting into. I read the brief; front to back, back to front, and in German (for good measure). I could recite it from memory. Captain Rhiannon Ellis, the pride of the Greendale Police Department,...

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THE PERFECT GIFT

Submitted to Contest #73

CHAPTER 1 My name is Charles and I want to get my girlfriend something really special for christmas. I just don't know what would be special for her. I might as well go to town and look around for her gift. I might stumble across something that is so very much special. I hoped into my car and drove to town. Driving through town I stopped and pulled over at the pet store. She loves animals. I walked in and started to look around. What would she like? "Hello sir." "Is there anything I can help you with?" "Yes do you have any kind of specia...

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Doctor Drummer

Submitted to Contest #72

He woke up in a cold sweat. His heart was racing, his hands trembling, his head spinning. He hadn’t woken up like this since the days right after the love of his life was… No. No, he wasn’t going down that rabbit hole today. He got out of bed and headed straight for his drum kit. For the next hour, he pounded that nightmare right out of his system. With every beat of the drums, the details of the nightmare became clearer and clearer and also begun losing their power to fill him with terror. Playing drums had always been therapeutic for...

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