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Nightingale

Submitted to Contest #55

David drummed his fingers on the table impatiently. Evelyn was late for what seemed like the millionth time, and he already knew he would have to cut the date short. “A bottle of Pinot Noir,” he said when the waiter came around again, “and another basket of bread.” He twisted a piece of crust in his fingers as though it owed him money. “Hurry up,” he whispered under his breath. Almost as if on cue, Evelyn floated through the door. David raised his hand to wave her over. “Hey, babe,” she leaned down to give him a kiss on the cheek. “Hey--”...

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Stalemate

Submitted to Contest #55

He calls for the last time on a Sunday night in late September. His voice is soft and slurred, and before he asks I tell him that I’m not coming this time. But we both know it’s a lie. So I pull myself together as I have done many, many times before, and I drive through a chilly rain to our old spot.  He’s already in our booth; ghostly, half asleep and tapping his lucky blue lighter against the Formica.  “This is the last time,” I say as I slide across from him.  “We’ll see.”  His smile is still my undoing.   ...

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Battle Lost

Submitted to Contest #55

“Can you keep a secret?” General Laser’s voice crackled over the comm. Comrade Blast replied with his ever bright voice, “Sir, yes Sir!” With that he heard a loud ringing through the comm. It didn’t sound good at all. “General, do you copy?” he asked. There was no response. Only a faint ringing in his earpiece. Then silence, as that ringing also drowned out. “General Laser, do you copy? Come in General, this is Comrade Blast.” Still, nothing. It had to be the worst. Command had been taken down. But how could it be. Blast could not process an...

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True love, and all that.

Submitted to Contest #56

So this sucks. His name is Jamie Campbell. Suave, debonair, charming, or at least that’s what he’d like to believe. Jamie has just sat down to dinner at one of Vancouver’s finest restaurants with his stunning blind date. The two complement one another perfectly. Jamie with his midnight blue, finely tailored suit, and his date with a strapless crimson evening gown. But all is not well on this particular night. Uhg. Have you ever been on one of those dates where you just want to drive off the side of a cliff? Not your ordinary five h...

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It's a Be Milked or Be Married World Out There, Babe

Submitted to Contest #55

“I just wish Benji would talk to me about it already,” Emily said as she slouched over the coffee shop’s table. “We’ve been dating for six years and he still hasn’t brought up the conversation of marriage once. I’ve tried to bring it up, but he’s too dense…”Mary-Lou set down her cappuccino and stared at Emily dead in the eyes. “Honey, here’s what you gotta do. Stop all this cutesy code-talk. Stop dancing around the topic. Flat out ask Benji: do you think you would ever want to get married? It doesn’t have to be a proposal—just a conversation...

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Dating After The Fall

Submitted to Contest #56

“Are you sure this is necessary?” Camilla asked, whooshing out a breath when her sister tightened the sash around her waist with a tug. It was tight, gaudy orange and tied in flippant bow that Camilla wanted to cut off and stuff inside her sister’s pillowcase. “Of course I am. Who is the one with the husband, here?” Grace scoffed, giving another tug, just for spite. “He’s a darling and likes books. Just your sort.” “Besides, isn’t it lovely that he agreed to take you out on such short notice?” Annabelle, their youngest sister sighed from her...

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If

Submitted to Contest #55

“Is this seat taken?” He asks, hand on the sliding door.           Her eyes, framed by long eyelashes, raised, and inquisitive gaze lands on the boy. She shakes her head, auburn tendrils bouncing, as if excited to show off their newfound colors crowned by the slanted sun, penetrating the train windowpanes.           The torturous gold on her hair transfixes the boy; his mind is momentarily overwhelmed by imagined memories, imbued wit...

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A Thousand Shining Stars

Submitted to Contest #55

Truthfully, I never thought it would come to this. Surely I wasn’t one of those kids that stayed out late after dark, roaming the streets with their pack of, as my parents would disdainfully put it, “hoodlums”. I never saw myself as the kind of girl who would dare to attempt at getting anything past the ever-watchful parental eyes that loomed in every corner of her life. No, I’ve always been a rule-follower, a weekly church-goer, an A-plus student. But then again, even God’s most perfect souls have their secrets. Now, I’m not saying I’m a...

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Two Sides To Every Story

Submitted to Contest #56

Derek approached the quaint café where he was set to meet his blind date. He felt nervous and excited at the same time. Nervous for the awkward interaction that would surely come about, but excited for the chance to meet someone new. He knew so few people and was very far from having a girlfriend, due both to his shyer nature and bookishness, but also because no one really enjoyed his company. Which made him wonder why he was now going on a blind date. His friend Edmund, a man quite Derek’s opposite, had arranged the date and had assured him...

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Blind Date or Blind Fate?

Submitted to Contest #56

           “Have you ever questioned why life is so complicated?” Jessica asked her best friend, Patricia, (or Patty to her friends). “I mean, why can’t we just get up each day, do what we need to do to survive, and then come home to the perfect family with no concern over what issues may cause the other person to be in a bad mood that day? Do you know what I mean, Patty?”            Patty nodded in agreement with a simple, “Uh-huh,”...

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Friday Night Date With Death

Submitted to Contest #56

First of all, let me make it clear that I’m not one of those people who does online dating. I’ve heard of ‘Tinder’ – most of the young singles at work use it – and I know you have to ‘swipe’ right or left if you like the look of someone; but meeting a complete stranger for a date just isn’t me. I do, however, have a sort-of-blind-date for this Friday. Steve, a guy who recently joined my work team, has asked me out. Well, I think he’s asked me out. It could be a date or it could just be a two-people-who-happen-to-be-single-at-the-same-time-an...

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Mayday, Captain Midnight! (A follow-up to Onward, Captain Midnight!)

Submitted to Contest #55

Explosions in space, the destruction moons, the murder of gods.These acts, easily perceived as malicious by the less informed, were taking the Lenin System by storm once more.  Trapped within the confines of the steel cargo container mounted onto the ventral portion of the Sputnik-class rocket ship, the scoundrel of the skies known as Captain Midnight and his foil, the mighty heroine the Blue Yonder had been sought upon by rouge Soviet forces following their failure to stop the villainous Midnight from activating his supe...

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Hi, darling!

Submitted to Contest #55

"You are the love of my life, and I promise I'll always find you, even centuries later." "How is that even possible, darling? Are you saying that we will live forever?" replied a beautiful woman, whose eyes sparkled with happiness and whose smile was a man's favorite thing in the world. "That's not quite what I meant, but you almost got it, sweetheart," he replied. "What I'm saying," a man continued, "is that you'll always be the one, looking at whom, I'd feel like the wave has covered me. It's like a slight electric shock that goes th...

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No Silly Blind Date!

Submitted to Contest #56

Waiting is never easy whether it is for Christmas morning or the dentist’s nurse to call your name. Waiting is just full of some emotion....excitement, worry, boredom, dread, anticipation...all are emotions precipitated by waiting.  This story is about waiting.....waiting as letters pass in the mail....waiting as the train moves along....waiting for arrivals.....waiting for a blind date, but really so much more!~~~~~As Russell rocked back and forth jerking along with the rhythm of the train he thought about how long he ha...

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Try Love Again

Submitted to Contest #56

Try Love Again Ke'Maya I was alone I was scared I was afraid to love again all my friends wanted to see me happy again but I can't after so many times being heartbroken I gave up on love but best friend have other plans she set me up on a blind date I didn't want to go I tried to make up every excuse so I couldn't go she told me that I need to put my fear aside she understands that I've been broken she understand that I've been hurt but I need to let that go and move on I guess she was right but how can you trust someone when eve...

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