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Quitting Time

Submitted to Contest #109

"I can't do this anymore. I worked too hard and gave too many years of my life to continue in a place where I am miserable every day of the year." Those were the words I bellowed as I handed in my resignation letter. Fortunately, I'd saved up just enough money to leave for better things, but my savings won't last forever. I have to be strategic about finding a better place to exist. My name is Thomas, and today is the day I hit the road and find my way in life. Many States are offering attractive packages for the correct industries to move i...

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Leave of Absence

Submitted to Contest #109

Leave of Absences By Vox Deruste “ Hey, Julian!” My attention was jerked away from the computer screen by the voice of my superior. “ Kinda need you to take out the screens from these Chromebooks.” I looked at a stack of partially damaged laptops, partially broken in all but one way. Screens we can take out and use for other laptops later.  “ I’ll get on that Mike.” I took out a screwdriver from a tool pouch and got to take out the screw connecting the screen to the Chromebook. “ Huh?” Mike said with slight curiosity.  We w...

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Mick's first job

Submitted to Contest #109

A friend of mine’s son got his dream job. He got it about a year ago and is still as happy as a dog with two tails. I’m proud of him by extension of his father. This is the story of his first day on the job.  A sign flashed a yellow oval of Hain’s Bail Bonds over a glass door, not lighting anything other than the East Wareham fog that made the evening more oppressive. The corner botequim seemed to provide the most illumination with the vape shop's CBD sign a minor second. It looked like any rundown strip mall on the periphery of an al...

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Magic Basic: Manifesting

Submitted to Contest #108

Magic Basic: Manifesting By Justin Ramirez “ All right please sit down and take your seats, everyone.” The class sat down on wooden seats as their instructor started to write on the blackboard. “ My name is Vox Deruste, I will be your mysticism teacher for the semester.” The instructor was clad in a tri-colored robe. Red, blue, and green. And yet the most eye-catching part of their appearance was the green fire and black smoke that made up their body. A green fire-based body, Black smoke inside their mouth, and eyes that leaked out like ci...

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Place Your Trust

Submitted to Contest #108

I was thirteen when it first appeared. Vast and vacant, and right in the middle of my abdomen where my stomach should have been. Where my organs should have been, but weren’t. It ran from underneath my breasts all the way down to my hip bones. An emptiness that should have been impossible. That day, which might have been a Wednesday, I was changing into my uniform before school. I put on my skirt, no problem. Tights, no problem. Bra, no problem. Then came the shirt. A crisp white Oxford shirt – the kind you have to button up. My fingers bu...

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Down the river

Submitted to Contest #108

Mitros stepped onto the boat which wobbled gently underfoot. The boatman pushed off the dock straight away, and Mitros stumbled before finding his balance. He was the only passenger tonight. He trod gingerly down the length of the boat. It felt quite stable, but he had always been a bit skittish when it came to boats. He didn’t quite trust them. It was a beautiful boat though, no matter what he thought about being on the water. Long and narrow with high prow and stern, like a larger version of one of those gondolas they had in Venice, made...

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Delta 16 COB Nail

Submitted to Contest #107

The key to any good trap is to entice the prey. You can’t snap a neck if the animal doesn’t pass over your pit. But what kind of trap do you set for an unknown? Really...please ask yourself. Especially if you are kind of short on time. When you are hunting illegally on someone else's land. When you are poacting, trespassing, a spy and most likely seen as crazy. Crazy because you are hunting a monster. Not by choice.  That is GySgt Ahmad Al-Sagar's problem. And his problem is because of a pissing contest between the US Air Force and the...

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Robot Arms

Submitted to Contest #106

It had been a long arduous process to get to this day. Calvin couldn’t believe it, but he was finally going to get his robot arms. He sat with his parents at the doctor’s office, and they were discussing the new state of the art prosthetic arms available to him. Calvin’s mother smiled and whispered, “Looks like you're going to be a superhero after all.”**When Calvin was 9 he received his first set of prosthetic arms. As a kid he thought robot arms would give him special superpowers. His parents had taken him several times to a prosthetist to...

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Close Proximity

Submitted to Contest #106

Nancy gazed through the porthole at the receding network of runways. That was close. If the MI6 director had failed to win over his French counterpart… Shuddering, she sank back against the headrest.            “First visit to Paris, Mademoiselle?” Her seatmate’s gaze scarcely intersected with hers as he continued to polish his glasses.            Not again. All week, the French contingent had patronized her with equally dismissive g...

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Yuji and the Crag Whence the Dragon Took Flight

Submitted to Contest #106

Yuji observes the crumpled pink pellet that was once a sticky-note and steers it from afar by drawing tight circles with his slinky forefinger, alternating clockwise and counterclockwise. He’s been willing it to float and join the eclectic swarm of papers swirling above the littered room that was once his. But it defies his wishes, preferring to twitch around apprehensively as it hovers mere centimeters above the frayed tatami mat floor. The mats haven’t been changed since he fled this house ten years ago. The tightly woven rushes have long ...

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Romance is dead.

Submitted to Contest #106

"She is probably using him." Was the first sentence out of his mouth. It had slipped out as he starred blankly into his latte as it swirled casually around the espresso and whipped cream in the cup. His friends, Audrey and Stella, Both had their jaws a gap. To which Darnell simply shrugged nonchalantly, sipping coolly at his drink. He glanced left, then right at both of his dear friends. A bored expression plastered on his face before he set his drink down, the sleeves of his dark over sized hoodie shuffling over his knuckles as the drink ...

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Divine Bloodline Chapter 1

Submitted to Contest #106

Chapter 1 An imaginary spring with accompanied animal chirps and the occasional ribbits played in Theadora’s worn Beats headphones as she lay on her back facing the ceiling, wishing she could control her anxiety so she could get some sleep. The blunt she rolled and planned to smoke in its entirety did little to ease her troubled heart, but she found amusement in the smoke rings she sent into the air.  Her mother Antonia told her that she’d been listening to what she called ‘Nature Noises’ at bedtime since she was born, even before, as...

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A Year of Rain

Submitted to Contest #106

Raincoat fashion is all the rage this year. Since it has rained for the past ten months, you can probably see why. Personally my favorite raincoat of mine is red and glossy that barely makes crinkle noises when I move.Okay, really it is because it was on sale for 30 bucks at Walmart so it wasn’t very great. Prices have skyrocketed as businesses take advantage of the general consumer. Raincoats range from 20 dollars to thousands. And if you are the Kardashians, even more than that.At least it’s better than the plastic poncho I was wearing the...

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This Tide Lifts Us All

Submitted to Contest #106

It was early enough that the dust still glittered in the last rays of sunset through the windows. We picked out a good table, off to the side, sheltered by the bathroom wall. We could stash our stuff in the corner when the time came for dancing, and not worry that some buzzkill would steal our warm jackets.  Danny was acting weird about his new pants because he thought they were blue-green and I'd made the mistake of calling them turquoise. I hoped that more people would arrive soon to distract him. So far there was only us and what l...

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Caelan the Wulver: The Healer of Evermore

Submitted to Contest #105

Caelan the Wulver was a quiet sort of fellow. One that didn’t want to be in anyone’s way or bother anyone, what he liked best was to read and memorize all sorts of lore. He was a skilled healer, and an amiable companion, though he didn’t talk very much. He watched from the sidelines more often than not, working to patch up those who had been hurt, only fighting in extremities, and his best friends, Eardwulf and Cullen, knew that his strength lay in support. Sometimes it was a lonely place, Caelan knew he was valued, he knew his friends ...

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