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The Zoo at the School 1955

Submitted to Contest #299

One week before the end of the school year, Mrs. Mundy told all of us students that we would have a picnic before the summer holidays began, and our parents were invited. When she added that we could each bring a pet to school, the girls squealed excitedly while the boys made whistling noises through their teeth. Mrs. Mundy also promised to award a prize for the best pet. My mother wasn’t fond of bringing animals to school and didn’t think Mrs. Mundy was making a wise decision. She called my grandma to see what she thought of the whole thi...

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The Magic That Didn’t Fail

Submitted to Contest #299

Would you like to know how I accidentally created a star?Me. A sixteen-year-old girl best known for being invisible.I was the clumsy one — the girl who tripped during PE, got hit in the face by every ball, and was always left behind by the bus.I once wore mismatched shoes all day. No one noticed.I forgot things constantly — like my groceries at the counter… or that time I got into a stranger’s car.People called me Clown Lisa.The only one who ever believed in me was my dad.But he 's gone now.One afternoon my luck changed, on my way home from ...

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Attempted Cannibalism Locker Prank

Submitted to Contest #299

(Sensitive topic: Cannibalism mention) “Friends make life a lot more fun” I think that’s nonsense. Especially since my insane, wannabe sit-com character FRIENDS are the reason I ended up in this wretched abomination that they have the nerve to label as “The principal's office”. I mean, these chairs are like a thousand years old and on the verge of ascending to heaven. Or hell. I don’t know WHAT these chairs have been through but there’s no way it was something cutsey enough to keep them in regular condition. Don’t even get me started on th...

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Me and the Cat

Submitted to Contest #299

Me and the CatThe battle between me and the cat start over a piece of chicken. I remember that day as if it was yesterday…Wait! It was yesterday. Well anyway. The cat stole my piece of chicken. It was a savor chicken breast. My mouth is still watery from the moist of the chicken. It is the type of chicken that you heard people say that they will slap someone (mostly their mothers) because it taste that good. So, I was sitting at the table eating the wonderful piece of chicken as tears of joy was coming down my eyes. It was that good. I was s...

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Bucket List

Submitted to Contest #299

CW: Mature themes“I haven’t, but it’s on my bucket list.”- “Wot’s a bucket list?”“You ogres have no culture at all, do you?”- “You wot? We gots a lots of culture.”“Like what?”- “Like da Log Drum Festival.”“What’s that?”- “You don’t know wot a log drum is?”“Of course, I know what a log drum is. A hollow log you beat with a stick.”- “Right. Dat.”“The festival, what is it?”- “Oh. We builds a bonfire, beat on da log drums, dance around, and den go kill somefing to frow in the fire for eats.”“One festival hardly makes a culture.”- “Dere’s also da...

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The reaper writes jokes

Submitted to Contest #299

Jared was the type of guy who navigated his life with little a care in the world. Jared had no clue what he wanted to do with his life, and that was ok with him. Jared did the bare minimum in his classes and spent most of his days, lazing around and reading comics, much to the chagrin of his parents. Jared got mostly Cs and Bs in his classes, and one day his parents tried to sit him down and lecture him on why he needed to try harder in school.“If you don’t get better grades, you won’t get into a good University. Do you C why this might be a...

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The Peanut Butter Alibi

Submitted to Contest #299

3, 2, 1… ATTACK! I slam my thumbs down on the controller and stick my tongue out in concentration. They’re closing in on my squad, and I’ve got to do something or it’s all over. I switch to my AR and focus on the sight when—WHAM! The door to my bedroom flies open and there’s Dad, standing in the doorway. I almost fall off the bed from being scared and let out a protesting yelp. Samson, my golden retriever, comes flying into the room to save me and lands in my lap, knocking the controller free from my fingers. Dad’s laugh fills the room, and ...

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CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN AND THE COMMUTER TRAIN TO PHILLY

Submitted to Contest #299

The red bottom. The shiny red bottom. Karen can’t stop admiring her shoes, turning her foot this way and that, crossing and uncrossing her legs to see them glint in the glaring light of the train car. Sure they were way too expensive. But she had to. Especially after her boss, Caleb, in the Neiman Marcus shoe department, laughed when she asked him when they would go on sale. “Louboutins?” he snickered. “Honey if they went on sale they wouldn’t be Louboutins.” That nasal last syllable killed her. And Caleb wasn’t even his real name, just his ...

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Just for Laughs

Submitted to Contest #299

‘Hello, Chester Hotel, this is Sue, how can I help you’ Sue spoke using her best posh telephone voice.‘No, I’m sorry, no teeth have been handed in this morning, maybe call back a little later and check’She turned to her coworker Cam, who was staring in disbelief.With her hand over the phone, she mouthed the words teeth and they both burst into fits of laughter. Sue nearly dropping the phone as she struggled to hold her composure.As she hung up the phone she wondered how exactly someone could lose their teeth.‘Hey Sue, you wanna go check some...

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Kyle and the Jingle of Doom

Submitted to Contest #299

There are only three things in this world that can make a man question his will to live: losing his job, living with his mother-in-law, and the jingle for adult diapers playing on loop in his nightmares — I, unfortunately, have all three.Let me introduce myself. I’m Kyle Brenner, formerly known as “The Voice Behind Hot Pockets,” currently known as “Susan’s disappointing son-in-law who can’t even load a dishwasher correctly.” Two months ago, I was sitting in a corner office at MelodyMinds Creative, collecting royalties every time someone humm...

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Aliens Ate My Homework… Then Fixed My Wi-Fi

Submitted to Contest #299

Lucy Sanderson didn’t believe in aliens, not really, not in the little green men with blinking antennae, nor bug-eyed space invaders you saw on Saturday morning cartoons, at least. She believed in deadlines; in the unforgiving tick of the kitchen clock and the way her heart thudded every time Ms Carter called for her homework. If she had a superpower, it would probably be the ability to instantly find misplace things at the exact moment she needed them, most especially her math worksheet, which was now, quite possibly, lost somewhere under t...

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Green Juice and Egos: A Farmer’s Market Fable

Submitted to Contest #299

Green Juice and Egos: A Farmer’s Market Fable(Because sometimes the biggest drama isn’t on reality TV—it’s in front of a juice booth.)One of my more unforgettable experiences at the farmer’s market happened on a sunny afternoon that started off just like any other. I was manning a booth, selling healthy snacks and drinks to the wellness-obsessed weekend warriors—samples of flaxseed crackers, bottles of cold-pressed juices, and the star of our show—the green drink with a cult following and a reputation.It was thick, slightly menacing in color...

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The Great Hair Catastrophe of Room 305 (The Extended Cut)

Submitted to Contest #299

Here’s the thing about trying to give yourself bangs at 2:17 a.m.—it never ends in success or emotional stability.I blame YouTube. And hormones. And maybe Madison Blake, whose face somehow looks perfect under fluorescent lighting, which should honestly be illegal. Like, how does she look like a porcelain angel in the same lighting that makes me resemble a raw chicken nugget? Madison has these perfect, wispy little curtain bangs that whisper things like “Paris in spring” and “I own three types of lip balm.” Meanwhile, my hair whispers, “Pleas...

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the Gauntlet of Luv

Submitted to Contest #299

Contains sexual situations and naughty wordsIf you aspire to be a Hot, you must first possess a swinish amount of good looks and an abundance of well-endowed body parts. Any 'Average' person attempting the 'Gauntlet of Luv.' is like a gerbil trying to scale Mt. Everest. But, if you are deemed a potential Hot, you must step out into the world with one goal; Locate, make contact, and engage with as many Hots as your twisted ego can withstand. Knowing full well you will be utterly destroyed. Humiliated to the very core of your being. This one s...

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Guitar Jesus

Submitted to Contest #299

"Hey look! It's Jesus Christ"The small crowd around him laughs as he makes fun of my long hair and beard, as usual. My boss allows Stan the Entertainer, as he styles himself, to do his street performances outside the music store where I work. The owner of the store thought it would be good for business. It does guarantee there are always people on the sidewalk in front. There are even more now that I started to be part of the act. I’ve come to enjoy my role. It’s a rush, and I even show up for my job early in order to perform.“What are you h...

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