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THE INTRUDER

Submitted to Contest #24

The Facebook conversation: AcquaintanceOn the 3rd of January, still in ecstasy of the New year’s celebration, she received a friend request from an unknown lad. Not wanting to turn down the request as it wasn’t in her nature of doing such, she accepted and there goes the tête- a- tête: Man 1: Hello ma’am. “Can we get acquainted”?Miriam: Hmm… (racing thoughts enveloping her frontal lobe, not knowing what to reply and again never wanting to upset her “newly found acquaintance”) she texted… “No problem Mister. I’m Miriam by name,...

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Please Don't Say I Love You

Submitted to Contest #24

It is said that when a mage and a mortal are to utter the words “I love you.” with true sentiment toward each other, they shall be cursed. It is unclear what the curse is or what it does, and most mages marry other mages to avoid its vengeance. But as time progresses the tale is forgotten and lost over different generations leaving young mages unaware. However, there is said to be a way to reverse the curse. Only a handful of the most powerful mages have acquired the knowledge but have been forbidden to share it for they shall be killed.&nbs...

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The Last Hunt

Submitted to Contest #24

They were once the hunters. Now Lazarus slept with his body wrapped around Oreanna as if he were her shield and Oreanna gripped her blade even in her dreams. Now the jungle was a living thing with eyes that never closed and teeth that were always bared.      Five thousand crowns they'd been offered to kill the devil that stalked the Wyrmwood. A hefty sum, so they'd agreed… one last bounty, then they would put it all aside. No more soldiering in petty disputes between lords over borders. No more traipsing around ...

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Exiting Debbie

Submitted to Contest #24

  What kind of sick person sent a cocker spaniel puppy as a present? Judi stopped, her hand resting on the knob of the security door that separated reception from the rest of the offices.           Tania, one of the receptionists was on her knees, wiggling her fingers at the puppy who was bouncing around in the wicker basket on the floor by the desk.          “Debbie!” Tania squealed, using the name Judi had given the company when she wa...

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The Time the Sun and the Moon eloped

Submitted to Contest #24

Lunar sneaked into the aquamarine chambers of his darling Solar. His steps, dainty and silent among the marble pillars, raised the ocean waves below his feet. Solar sat on a throne of cotton clouds, her legs of a shimmering copper stretched out upon a green hill footstool. Her hair was a halo around her round face, which wore a bored expression with her full lips pulled in a pout.She did not perceive him at first, for his face was but a faint outline in the blue sky. When he called out to her, her heart flowed with joy, casting rays so ...

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Call Me Becky

Submitted to Contest #24

Warning: this story contains offensive language.   Three of my fingers fit perfectly into the groove at the nape of his neck. Sitting three rows behind him now, I see that his hairline isn’t an abrupt straight line, like mine – thanks to my mother and her clippers – but rather a gradual thinning.  A “fade”, it’s called.    “Earth to Mr. Shaw…”   Shit. I focus on the board. Linear equation. The chalk in Mr. Cody’s hand is hovering over the “m” in the formula   “Slope?” I manage.   “Y...

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A Wife's Heart

Submitted to Contest #24

While driving across the Mississippi River bridge to a Bed and Breakfast in Lafayette, Louisiana, Tanya and Brandon reminisced about their college days when they first fell in love. "I remember the day we met very vividly, sir," Tanya said as she gazed into his eyes."Me too," Brandon replied. "But you can go first.""I remember you came downstairs at Susanna's house wearing a white t-shirt. When I saw you, I couldn't stop staring at you. I think you literally took my breath away. I was trying not to make it so obvious, so I would look away wh...

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A Villa at the Sea

Submitted to Contest #24

A knock. Three, actually, quick and short. The first had been brutal, but the next two even more so, and the young lovers in the summer house agreed that the pounding should have broken down the door by now, maybe even the wall. They had come here to vacation, to escape all the schoolwork and stress that was rampant at university. Their origin story had always seemed just as inconsequential to themselves as it did to their friends and families. They had simply met in a class they had taken together and quickly taken a liking to each other. T...

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The Highschool Love Affair

Submitted to Contest #24

When I realized I loved him, I wanted to find the nearest bridge and jump. He, for the past two years, had made my life a living hell. He was a narcissistic genius who was completely oblivious to how his actions affected those around him. But this year he has changed. He’s sweet, considerate, and seems to genuinely care about me. I didn't mean to like him (in fact the very thought sickened me), but soon, whenever he entered the room my heart would skip a beat.  This torcher continued for weeks before he finally asked me out, officially ...

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Burning

Submitted to Contest #24

Trinity stared out of her window, watching the rain drizzle down outside. The sun was gently beginning to melt behind the mountains in the distance, signalling the shorter days ahead. She was snuggled into a gray-fur blanket, and propped up on a plush pillow of the same color. Frequently, Trinity glanced down at the watch around her wrist, patiently waiting.     She looked up again at the window, watching the raindrops race each other down the glass. Sometimes, she would choose one, and root for her raindrop to win. ...

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A walk on the wild side / The photographer's story

Submitted to Contest #24

The sunset was beautiful on the horizon of the shores of the Caribbean. Now in their 60’s, the years had passed so quickly, and their children have flown the nest, leaving room for expansion, for the two of them to share their final wedded bliss together in paradise. This was their life, as I sat watching, through the lens of my camera.Watching the sea, rippling its waves as blue as the ocean, beckoning, a golden colour revealing the fragments from the sky and giving off a slight chill in the air. He, wrapped his arms around hers. She, under...

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Nulvhenen

Submitted to Contest #24

Translations:Nulvhenen - "Worlds End"Mal hallan - My heartShemel - SisterThere was nothing to do but sit and wait. And that, they reckoned, was probably worse than being dead.The Forest of Sleeping Giants was dark and dreadfully still. For three days it had rained continuously, a band of storms with harsh winds and warm rains that seemed never-ending. The woodland critters had long been flooded out of their hovels. Those that had wings or made their nests in the trees fled the canopy, leaving behind their newborns to die. Not a whisper of a ...

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Was It Real?

Submitted to Contest #24

Looking over his shoulder for what seemed like the hundredth time since the traveling group started out that morning.Caleb was sure there was someone or at least something following them!The road seemed to be a banded so far from town. Scarcely a person was seen.Becca tucked her small hand in his, smiling up at him. Though they hadn’t much money to their name and two small sugar sacks that fit everything they owned, they were happy. Happy because they had each other, which is all they needed.Caleb should have had nothing on his mind but the ...

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The Promise

Submitted to Contest #24

PreludeThe rain pounded the small stone home outside of the city of Corinth. The storm raged and the winds howled, and yet Lamia couldn’t bring herself to acknowledge the storm’s presence. All she could feel was the warm radiance of the god laying in bed next to her. His powerful arms wrapped around her body, making her feel safe and secure in the home. “You more than any other mortal, have captured my heart,” Zeus said sleepily, a smile on his face as he gently stroked the hair out of Lamia’s face. “My heart is yours, now and fore...

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My Darling Songbird

Submitted to Contest #24

    We first heard of the bounty from a dear friend. A young poet named Oliver Buckley, who was later killed for not revealing information about us to the Hunter. When I received word of his death, I knew that we would never stop. We would run until the end of the earth, and then we’d jump, because we would never pay for what we did.    Four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Each. Dead or alive. We weren’t worth anything until we did something meaningful.     Louis Gold deserved to die. The...

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