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Making Changes

Submitted to Contest #179

Linda had always prided herself on being a woman of her word. She was reliable, trustworthy, and dependable, and she always made sure to follow through on her commitments. But there was one promise that Linda had been struggling to keep for years. She had repeatedly made the same promise to herself, vowing to change a particular aspect of her life that had been causing her frustration and unhappiness. But she fell into old habits and patterns every time she tried to follow through on that promise. It wasn't that Linda wasn't motivated to cha...

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New Year Resoultions

Submitted to Contest #179

It was New Year's Eve, and Sarah was in a panic and had always been a bit of a procrastinator. She had let her lack of motivation hold her back in the past. But this year, she had made a list of resolutions at the beginning of the year and had vowed to accomplish them all before the clock struck twelve on New Year's Eve. As the day went on, Sarah realized that she had only completed a fraction of what she had set out to do. She had wanted to learn a new language, volunteer at a local shelter, and start her own business, but she had barely ma...

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Kiss at Midnight

Submitted to Contest #179

As the night of the New Year's Eve party approached, Jessica couldn't help but feel excited. She had been looking forward to this evening for weeks and was determined to make the most of it. She spent hours preparing, carefully styling her long, brown hair, and applying the perfect shade of lipstick. She had put a lot of thought into her outfit, wanting to look her best for the party. She had finally settled on a shimmering silver dress that she knew would make her stand out in the crowd. She paired the dress with her favorite pair of heels ...

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A Hannukah story

Submitted to Contest #178

It was the first night of Hannukah, and Rachel and Leah were getting ready to light the menorah. Rachel was a talented artist with long, curly hair and a warm smile. Leah was a software developer with short, stylish hair and a confident demeanor. Together, they made a dynamic and loving couple. As they lit the first candle, they reminisced about the past year and all their challenges. They had both lost their jobs due to the pandemic, which had been a challenging and uncertain time for them. But they had leaned on each other for support and ...

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I Won't Close It This Time

Submitted to Contest #177

I stood at the end of my bed, completely lost in my thoughts. I've only been at Newbury High for a week, but I can't get Jane out of my mind. Even when I work on my homework, her bright smile fills my chest with warmth. My body flopped onto the bed, and I rolled over to face the ceiling. Today she asked me to go to Chiles with her and her friends, but I declined her offer. I've never been social, and it's not hard for me to say no, but something about her clouds my judgment. Earlier, when she asked me, I held my stance and made the right dec...

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The Way the Smoke Dances

Submitted to Contest #175

Her golden eyes are focused on me. She smells like too much perfume with a hint of green apple. She takes a long puff from her vape before blowing the smoke in my face. She puts the bright green device down as I breathe in the toxic chemicals. I sigh, propping myself up against the wall. I don’t like when she blows that stuff in my face. We don't disagree on a lot of things, but we do when it comes to vaping. “What's up with you?” She asks me and tucks a strand of blonde hair behind her ear. She lays on top of the comforter, making her finge...

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Stubborn Apple

Submitted to Contest #174

The day she decided to leave town left a guttural feeling of dismay within myself. We had been best friends since the third grade. We knew each other’s deepest darkest secrets and never judged one another for any mistakes or things said. That summer she left she’d decided she needed to better herself and college was the thing she felt she needed to complete in order to further herself in life. I didn’t judge her for that but perhaps I felt bitter as she was my only connection to anyone. I’ve been that way for as long as I can remember. I don...

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The Mission for Murphey: After All This I Sure Do Hope I Marry This Woman

Submitted to Contest #173

     My clothes were stained with mustard and pickle juice. My hair was disheveled. My chest was heaving in a desperate attempt to suck in more air. My knees and an elbow were scraped. A shard of glass was embedded in my forehead! And my bike? Completely totaled. “I….” I sh-“ I wheezed. “I should have… ordered… the damn thing online!” _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-          For as long as I’ve known my current girlfriend Murphey, she’s been completely o...

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Language of Love

Submitted to Contest #173

I am so bad at buying gifts I almost got arrested. I blame the long distance relationship we were in, I could not think straight. Janey and I had lived up to the stereotype of U-haul lesbians, we moved in together after just three weeks of dating. To be fair, rent in the Bay Area is ridiculous, so we understood just being roommates would be OK even if it did not work out.But it did work out, until she was accepted into her dream graduate school, and we had to stretch our relationship over three states, thinning the connections unti...

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Summer’s Grief

Submitted to Contest #172

You told me that we would be together forever, but you lied. You said that you’d never lie to me and that you’d always be there for me, and now you’re gone. You’re in the ground, and I’ll never be able to speak to you, cry to you, or tell you how much I love you. I’m so mad at you Summer, but I forgive you. I just can’t forgive myself because I lied, I didn’t stay with you, and now you’re gone. There were so many things that I wanted to tell you. Our last conversation was so normal:Hey babes how are you?I’m doing fine, just swamped with...

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freia

Submitted to Contest #172

Freia was a prodigiously pragmatic young woman who had been the target of enormous tragedy. Freshly wed at the wisening age of nineteen, she witnessed the arduous and gruesome death of her husband, Pallas, with nothing to do but be witness to the slow decay of life—helpless in the face of nature’s Law. No one knew the root of the affliction her poor husband was consumed by, as it came swiftly with the precision of a reaper’s scythe and left with no theatrics, its only evidence found in the additional tombstone’s presence in the cemetery. Fre...

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Promise Me Something

Submitted to Contest #172

In almost every way, I have the life I’ve always dreamed about.            I’m sitting in a house I own. It’s small, but big enough for me, and I have artwork I like on the walls; still-lifes of Tuscan streets and hanging flowers. I have food I like in the refrigerator – tapenade and marzipan and braunschweiger with fancy crackers – and beautiful wine glasses that I like in the cabinet, next to dusty bottles of wine.            I’m...

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The Little Black Cat

Submitted to Contest #169

Mia Moore had always considered herself to be more of a dog person. That is, she got along well enough with her grandparents' little chihuahua, Cupcake, although that was basically the extent of her experience with animals of any sort. They simply were not something that crossed her mind very often—until the day she had a most dreadful breakup.She had been sitting upon the front steps of her porch, lamenting and glowering over her day, when a little black cat had just so happened to approach her, its eyes wide as it let out a sheepish meow, ...

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The Platform

Submitted to Contest #168

Back and forth. The train and then the people. Another train and some more people. The sound of suitcase wheels on rough pavement. Sit, stand, pace. Looking at tickets, squinting at tickets, squinting at the sun. Suitcase wheels on rough pavement.  One catches and flips, it’s owner tries to right it, sighs with frustration. A woman, she must be with her—there’s an intimacy there—steps in and wipes the other's shoulders, rubbing off the stress, rubbing in the love and then she kisses her on red lips.  I look away and down the tr...

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love letter

Submitted to Contest #168

I am so sorry to have made you cry my little dove. I hope you can see I am doing this for your own good, that I always have your best interest at heart. You’ve shown me nothing but kindness and welcomed me with warmth though I was a stranger. You opened your doors to me, taught me how to laugh again, how to feel again. And I opened my heart to you. Fell so deeply in love with you that it overwhelmed me. Loving you overwhelms me. It burns through my body like a plague and strips me of all things sensible. So you should understand why I did th...

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