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Here’s to Old Sweethearts and New Mysterious White Voids

Submitted to Contest #54

“Benjamin? How have you been?” Luciana squeaked as she clicked her way over in heels to her former high school sweetheart and held out her hand for a shake. He hugged Luciana to her surprise. “I go by Ben, actually. More fun.” His old southern accent from their hometown hung in the air, but Luciana had lost hers long ago. Ben glanced around. “And I’d be a lot better if we weren’t trapped in a white void.” Luciana undid the hug and sighed. “You can see it too, huh? I thought I just forgot to take my antipsychotic meds again.” She clicked h...

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Remembering Westland

Submitted to Contest #54

Jacob hadn’t wanted a lot out of life—maybe a place to call his own, a nice family and a little time to make art. He certainly wasn’t one of those people with drive and ambition, destined for big things. He was okay with a small life, as long as it was a happy one, but apparently, even that was too much to ask.He was forty-three now, and still hadn’t really settled in anywhere. He changed apartments each time another job fell through, and he did so on his own. One by one he had watched every relationship he had go sour and the small dreams h...

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Six million arrows

Submitted to Contest #54

I wait on my favourite cloud, all puffy, fluffy and white. Certainly my favourite cloud for this planet, in this universe. I sit and I wait. I’ve not really got time to sit and wait but I’ve been told this is where we’ll meet. Summoned here by a higher ranking Cupid. The Cupid that once passed on all his secrets to me. Me the apprentice him the master. Apparently there’s still plenty for me to learn. Apparently you never ever stop learning. Well, I’ve been a solo Cupid now for over six million arrows, which I guess on this planet equates to ...

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Ten Years Later

Submitted to Contest #54

     I hadn’t seen Jesse in about ten years. We met back in ninth grade and immediately had a lot in common. We could have been good friends. Instead, he professed his love and I dumped him, only to realize that was the dumbest mistake in my life. Not only had I hurt him and ruined everything between us, but I chose that moment to discover my strong feelings for him. Oh yeah, and somewhere in there, he started dating my former best friend, Rebecca. When we graduated high school and went off to different colleges, com...

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It Takes Two to Tango.

Submitted to Contest #54

 It was a game of cat and mouse being watched by millions of spectators around the world.The prelude to the war that would dwarf all wars. They were planning on calling it 'The Final War'. An apt name given the stature of the two states.America and Russia had never seen eye to eye. The two were akin to an inseparable pair of siblings, who as much as they would have loved to go their separate ways, knew, that one would miss the other if either were away.America and Russia.Nate was now a big wall-street honcho who ran millions of dollars ...

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Cherry Popsicle Day, sequel, A Second Chance

Submitted to Contest #54

Ashley put away her phone, wiping her tears off the screen. Johnny’s last letter and the poem he had wrote for her was bringing on a flood of memories and emotion. Johnny had asked her to remember only the good times and she was there now…at 15 years in the past…Wednesday, August 26, 2000, the day they met.It was a hot Florida afternoon, and she was working behind the sales counter of a 7-eleven, listening to the radio. The song “I Think I'm in Love With You” by Jessica Simpson was playing when he strolled in, plain white t-shirt, red surfer...

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To Kiss The Lips Of A Past Lover

Submitted to Contest #54

The storm outside had only gained more aggression as the day went on. What was supposed to be a quiet summers day turned into a thunder storm with lightning stabbing soil. Amber had spent the morning grooming the horses at the stable to prepare them for an evening trot over the stream. She had arrived back at the farm a week ago, surprising herself by finding time amid her busy London schedule. Amber hadn’t visited home since the day she left school, her internship stealing her from the family house. To say her parents were happy to have her...

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Love Never Dies

Submitted to Contest #54

TIMING’S A BITCH‘So this is it, huh?’ Daphne looked exhausted, hell- bent that her happiness could still align with his.                                                                       &...

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This Time

Submitted to Contest #54

“They say that your first love will always be your last. They say that even though you may spend years apart, see other people, fall in love over and over, that first love will still be the one you think about when you look back on your life, searching for where it all went wrong.”  Alice sighed, shut her notebook with an exasperated snap, and stuck her pen between her teeth. What a load of baloney. Where was she even going with it? Being given two words to write an article on was never going to help the juices flow. ‘Second chances’? W...

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Secrets Under the Balearic Sun

Submitted to Contest #54

I rarely become speechless but for the first time in a long time I was utterly lost for words.Who would have thought the chances of our paths crossing of all places would occur in local farm shop on the outskirts of a tiny rural village in the Balearic Islands? But here we were.I did a double take at first, and at second, convincing myself it wasn’t her - after all, her hair was a different colour to the bright pink and black I last saw her, she didn’t have the winged Amy Winehouse-style eyeliner, nor the punk fishnet tights and clunky Doc M...

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The Apartment

Submitted to Contest #54

I put out a request for a roommate recently. I’ve been living with my parents until just recently and I want a nicer place than the small single room apartment I have now. It's too cramped for my taste and I have my eyes on a really nice flat but I can't afford it on my own. Someone responded to my ad and I’m going out to meet them after work. I take my lunch break and sit in the back, staring at my lunch for a moment before one of my coworkers startles me out of my head.  “You okay Mattie?” she asks, giving me a concerned look. “...

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Behind the Scenes

Submitted to Contest #54

Dez clutched an empty bowl of popcorn while reaching for the tissue box. It was coming, she knew it, the end was coming."Peter?" He turned to look over his shoulder, his back still towards her. The man's gorgeous frame left a shadow by the door. "I never wanted it to come to this." Tears now. Lots of fake, but beautifully convincing tears. "Cherise." He couldn't resist. Grabbing her, his lip barely quivered before breaking down. In an instant, her arms were around him, holding on desperately because she knew.. she knew this would be goodb...

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Only Human (takes place about sixteen months after "A Parting of the Ways")

Submitted to Contest #54

Standing on the boardwalk, one hand in my pants pocket and the other resting on top of the wooden railing, I watched boats arriving at and leaving from the marina. It was after midnight and the wakes left behind by the boats were covered with little sparkles and speckles of moonlight.I was reminded of another night. When we'd stood right here, holding hands. Then we lowered our medical masks and kissed. Two unforgettable kisses. The future seemed bright and almost anything seemed possible.Sixteen months had passed since that night. The quara...

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The Boarding Pass

Submitted to Contest #54

Embedded under your fingernails and staining your fingertips was black ink. Carefully placing your hands behind your back, you plastered a smile on your face, and scanned the room full of people.  A woman walked up. She looked about fifty, and she was holding out her copy of your book. You attempted to make your smile reach your eyes, but failed. Taking a Sharpie from one of the cups, you scribbled a signature. It was not your own. You wondered absentmindedly what made up a signature. Could someone’s whole life story and personality be...

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She Chose Herself

Submitted to Contest #54

Miranda dug around in her make-up bag, searching for a specific lipstick that went great with her auburn hair and the electric green shirt she was wearing. Not finding it, she ran to her room, spastically searching for it. T-shirts and thongs that had been littered across her dresser wet flying as she combed through the mess.“What are you looking for?” Martin was reclined on Miranda’s bed, watching her with a lopsided grin.“Lipstick.”“What about all those on your dresser?”She didn’t appreciate the amusement in his tone. “Those don’t go with ...

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