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Weekly Contest #352
My grandma’s favorite color was orange. And I mean hideous, bright, neon, unadulterated orange. Every Christmas she received gift after gift in the same offensive shade. Throw blankets, cups, water bottles, sweaters. She loved it with the joy of a child, a youthful glee in her eyes every time she ripped off the paper. My favorite color is green. The dark shade of emeralds and the pine tree in our backyard. The color of the grass after it rains. Caterpillars as they creep across tree branches. Springtime. Growth. My mother’s favorite color i...
Weekly Contest #338
A surly old man plops his creaking body on the worn barstool, sighing in displeasure when he’s only just arrived. “What can I get you?” I ask from behind the bar where I’m still mixing the last answer to that question. “A new back,” he grumbles. “You have to try down the street for that one,” I attempt the same joke I always make, that fake service smile splitting my cheeks. It doesn’t land. “Whiskey.” Bartending is a delicate job. It’s much harder than we’re given credit for. Sure, I don’t earn much, but I’m good at my job and I don’t h...
Weekly Contest #337
Lizzie and Lincoln almost fell in love on Monday, January 17th, 2022 at 5:18 p.m. She was grabbing a pre-work coffee, and he was grabbing a post-work milkshake.If Lincoln had left the office a few minutes earlier, he would have been in line right behind Lizzie. He would have been close enough to notice the pin on her tote bag that read “read food, eat books” with a picture of a worm. He would have laughed to himself and spent a few seconds wondering if he should tell her he liked it. He would have been looking at her bag when she opened it t...
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