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AJ Ramson

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I’m the Guy Who Rejected June McCarroll’s Proposal to Add White Lines in the Center of Roads to Stop People From Crashing Into Each Other All the Time

Weekly Contest #347

Based on the true story of June McCarroll. It may be hard to imagine now, but there was a time before lines were painted on the roads. A time when you’d look out above your dashboard and see nothing but open gray. A time when you can drive wherever you please: left side of the road, right side, center, into another car's windshield, you name it. The choice was yours. You were the captain of your destiny, not a white-line-painter, castrating your freedom.But all of that changed when pro-white-liner June McCarroll stepped into my office. The ...

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We're Gonna Need Another Minute

Weekly Contest #333

There are few things in life I consider so horrible that I wouldn’t wish them upon anybody else. One of them is the loss of a loved one. Another is a stubborn cold where you can’t breathe properly for a week and you realize how much of a luxury breathing is. A third, and perhaps worst of them all, is the arduous struggle of figuring out my family’s order at a high-end steakhouse.“We’re gonna need another minute,” my mom said to the waiter. The waiter politely nodded and left to tend other tables.“Now he’s never gonna come back!” shouted my d...

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Cat Gifts

Weekly Contest #331

It all started last Thursday. I remember, because that was the day I found out about the serial killer on the news. I was sitting on my couch, watching the local head of police announce that there’s a serial killer in town, so be on high alert.“High alert?!” I shouted at the TV. “What good is that going to do? I’m a 66-year-old woman living alone. No amount of alertness is going to stop a murderer, I’m easy pickings!”That’s when I heard the clawing at the front door. My heart jumped inside my chest. I swear I could have died right then and t...

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The Haunting of Rin Tin Tin

Shortlisted for Contest #329 ⭐️

A haunted house is only a haunted house if you can afford to live somewhere else. For the financially impaired, it’s just a house with an unusual feature. And this house’s unusual feature was the ghost of former canine movie star and Hollywood sensation Rin Tin Tin.Of course, I didn’t know this was Rin Tin Tin at first. I thought he was just your run-of-the-mill semi-transparent German Shepherd. There’s very few people on Earth that can take one look at this ghost-dog and say “I know that dog! That’s the dog from the 1920s who starred in tho...

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