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Amoris Cultro Blvd.

Submitted to Contest #66

I can see my breath, but I don't feel cold, even though my clothes are ripped and soaked. I don’t know where I am, but this place feels familiar. The cobble stone streets filling up with rain, and old buildings with their signs fading away with every drop. My long hair starts feeling heavier with every minute; I need to get out of the street. I fear I wont make it to wherever I'm supposed to go. “Smack”. The back of my head and spine hit the brick wall behind me so hard I’m no longer holding myself up anymore. I don't see his eyes, his flopp...

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Broken Bonds

Submitted to Contest #67

Maureen Suldid had always loved beautiful Madrid Park with its calm, wooden cottages. One of those cottages was her home. It was her place where she felt safe.  She was kind, always helped animals, and enjoyed reading. Other people saw her as a sad, lonely girl, but Maureen disagreed with them. Once, she had kindly made a bed for an injured bird. Her mother passed away and the life around Maureen had forgotten her mother.    She walked over to the window and reflected on her comfortable surroundings. A sliver of the moon...

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Walking Adventure

Submitted to Contest #66

Is it time to get up?I hope not.I feel tired.What is that music?I haven't heard that before?Then it hit me.It was my alarm.I got rid of the old melody last night.It was called spring yet it was cold as winter.Of course it is cold this early ,nevertheless it dampens the mood.So I set a new one.The name was,Walking Adventure.Just what I wanted at this moment.A person needs some serenity to wake up at 5:30a.m. every morning.I never know why I am following this path.Well I guess it's just ,passion.Why the hell am I working out early morning tryi...

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Escape Room

Submitted to Contest #66

It didn't immediately register to me that I was looking at blood. For a second, at first glance, it looked beautiful. The way the red contrasts against the white linoleum had a simple beauty to it. But slowly, my mind came to a realization. That beauty was the essence of life. Seeing Jackson laid out with a meter-wide red polka dot under him was not beautiful at all. Instead, it was hysterical. Not hysterical as in funny, but hysterical as in I don't know how to control my reaction. I remember looking over at Suzy, who just stared back at me...

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Spicy Noodles Soup

Submitted to Contest #66

“Cheating is the only way of winning in this world.” Her mother’s words were already engraved in her, echoing endlessly in her mind walls. Even before it was announced that for the last Cooking Round of the Acornia Purifying Match, all ten of them would be allowed to do any type of immorality or in other words “cheating”, Eraline was very much prepared to cheat her way into glory, or in their case, survival at least. King Huxley II was the worst ruler in the history of the slowly collapsing, isolated country of Acornia. Instead of ...

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The next celebrity

Submitted to Contest #66

Wake up. School. Practise. Sleep. It’s always been the same, I guess. Well less of the last one if we’re being serious as nights always fade into dawn’s arrival. Ever since I was seven these days of routine have followed me around, haunting me into being something more than the average. Into being someone worth something. It is weird though, I guess, how little value I place on myself as a person, elevating my skills and attributes above anything and everything else. But it’s going to be worth it. Just one more day, one more day until t...

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16 Years, 1 Month, & 3 Days Ago

Submitted to Contest #66

I remember that day like it was yesterday. Thomas reached for my hand between us and squeezed it gently. That boy. He was always so gentle. That time it may have been because my palms were so sweaty, but nevertheless.  I  wondered if he could see my tremors. They felt so strong, like if I wasn’t careful, the entire STAPLES Centre would turn and look at me. But I was just being nervous, of course. I wonder briefly what I wouldn’t give to feel that same fear again. Of course, it’s just as likely that when he curled his fingers arou...

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mr.thompsons sweets n treats

Submitted to Contest #66

mr.thompson's will stated that you mya thompson inherit  sweets n treats mam... mam... im sorry he gave me a bakery? yes mam it states right here in his will mya looks at the will in disbelief her dad mr.thompson and her had never been close in fact they hadn't talked in years. mam if you could sign here mya snapped back into reality and quickly signed the papers and rushed out of the office myas mom and dad had gotten a divorce when she was young, her mom won shared custody  of her so she only ever saw her dad once a...

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Hunt Down

Submitted to Contest #66

Getting an ideal regular paid job wasn’t something Karen was used to. She has had a swell time using what she has to get what she wanted. She has had strings of relationship just for the fun of it. She has travelled to cities to explore and have a one night stand. Svelte, blonde hair with an irresistible ethereal beauty, she’s sometimes called a 'goddess of beauty'. She walks with a gait that one can't help but turn and look. She relishes being the cynosure of all eyes and a scent of attraction. She once asked a friend how does she feels bee...

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Ezekiel 25:17

Submitted to Contest #66

"C'MON REF! THAT'S THE THIRD GADDAM TIME HE HIT HIM LOW! WHAT FIGHT ARE YOU WATCHING?!?!" Thursday, March 2nd, 2017. Open Class Championship. Golden Gloves New England. End of round 1 The water makes it's way through the headgear and finally cools Michael's head. He likes to keep the mouthguard in to save time. That's what he tells everyone, but the truth is he hates the way Gil's latex surgical glove makes the mouthpiece taste. And Gil has terrible aim. That time in Dorchester when he almost shoved it up Michael's nose. "Rinse and spi...

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Do We Have to Fight People?

Submitted to Contest #66

I nervously walked into The White Room with my little brother. Today was the day I hated. The day I dreaded. Today was the day everyone in our District had to fight each other. Head-to-head, face-to-face. “Cambria,” My younger brother Ian said. “Do we have to fight people?” I breathed deeply and shook my head. “No, Ian. We will never fight people. It’s not who we are. No matter how much they might seem to deserve it, remember what God tells us.”  “Love your enemies,” “That’s right. We will always love people no matter what.”  “So we’re n...

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THE BAD BOYS

Submitted to Contest #66

“Will Ben Chemote please step forward?” They pronounced my name wrong, I think as I step forward. Stay calm Ben, stay calm. I glance at my hand to double check that it’s not shaking. You may feel scared on the inside, Ben, but on the outside you are as cool as a cheesecake. You got this. I step through the door and close it behind me.  “Welcome to the first season of The Bad Boys, Ben! First of all, I want to congratulate you on getting in!” “Thank you!” Nailed it. “Gosh, I haven’t even introduced myself! My bad! I’m Rutherford, your ho...

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A big pack of jelly babies, and a tiny result-altering plastic bag.

Submitted to Contest #66

Suzie arrived at the school’s athletics track to chat with her friends before tonight’s training at the Running Club. She had known the four of them since their first day at school and they’ve been inseparable ever since. John and Ernie were long-distance runners and always excelled at the annual cross-country. Lily and Rob were the cutest couple of the school, always joined at the hip. By the sounds of their constant, but mostly harmless, bickering they sounded like an old married couple! “Hey guys. I just remembered the 400m race is two ...

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The Walls

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Submitted to Contest #66

One of us commited the crime. One of us did not. One of us will be banished from the Safe Zone, while one of us, will live. We are the entertainment of tonight’s live show, with deadly consequences. Except, it’s not really up to us to decide who lives. It’s up to the community. Using the evidence brought against us tonight, one of us will be deemed guilty, while the other liberated.  A case of mystery and betrayal. They won’t listen to either of us. Murder has always been considered the worst crime to commit throughout history, but mor...

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The Reaper

Submitted to Contest #66

It is almost time, tomorrow we will see who would be getting sent to the reaper. It is a mandatory contest for all children between 7-16. They pick 4 names and those kids go to the Reaper, and they don't come back. They are never seen or heard from again. Some people say they are killed, others think they are sent to a special school, but I think that they are tortured for most of their lives until they get old enough that the Reaper is bored with them. The sun is out and the sky looks absolutely beautiful, but I can't enjoy it. How could I...

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