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Submitted to Contest #336
“Almighty One, I come before you with gifts to honor your righteousness and generosity. I am here as your humble servant, one who has followed you faithfully and reverently for my entire life. “I also come as your desperate child. I need your help. We need your help. I know we are unworthy and minute in the eye of your grandeur. But I beg of you, as your devoted disciple, please turn that eye to my village. “Great turmoil has befallen us. There is too much war and not enough food. We are a resilient people, and we fight fiercely, but this is...
Submitted to Contest #334
She holds what she believes to be a fur cloak of sorts, sliding her thumbs across the velvety, brown surface as she pinches it between her fingers. There are imperfections speckling the length of it, splotches of black and gray in no particular pattern and scuffs of thick soot beneath a layer of dust. It is rather drab, peculiar, she thinks. And yet, she cannot look away from it. Her eyes travel from top to bottom of the garment and then do so again. Over and over, she drinks in the sight of it as if to memorize its undulating curves, the d...
Submitted to Contest #182
*This story contains mention of deteriorating mental health and suicide.* Excerpt from Diary, Volume 1: August 5th, 2006 I had a lot of fun today! Mom took me to the park. Guess what? I got all the way across the monkey bars all by myself! Mom wanted to hold me up, but I told her I could do it alone. She waited for me at the end and smiled big when I got to the other side. She was proud of how brave I am. I’m getting really strong. &...
Submitted to Contest #39
“Oh, I’m sorry. Are you in a rush to be somewhere?” Eloc says hotly, looking down at his pants pocket. No one answers. “That’s what I thought. We’re going this way.” Eloc walks along a desecrated road that delineates the western edge of the town. Cracks cover its surface like dried capillaries. There are potholes here and there. In some places, the road is missing altogether and blends into the nonexistence of the earth. Eloc sometimes a...
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