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Amber Melanie

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The Girl With No Umbrella

Weekly Contest #363

Summer 2002—Chinatown, New YorkSummer is said to be the rainiest season in China. Ya’an is called the “rain city” because of how much rain it gets during the year—almost 70 inches. It doesn’t rain nearly as much in America, but when it does, I remember. I remember small, random things like walking to school with my brother in the rain, the smell of the cafeteria, gym class. This morning, Chinatown is busy. People crowd the markets, huddling under umbrellas, shop owners close windows and shut doors, kids run around carelessly, jumping into pu...

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The Lost Sailor

AspenThe tavern was crowded that night. Loud Celtic music. A few drunk men singing a sea shanty. Someone dancing on a tabletop. Cheers to another year on Unna Island, another year of finding the lost sailor. This island and its stupid myths. I stood there, cringing, hands buried deep in my jean pockets. Why did Jackie organize this, anyway? After what happened this year, I doubted anyone wanted to have a pub party. I mean, Jackie was her best friend. “ASPEN!” Shit. I should have left while I had the chance. I saw Jackie waving maniacally ins...

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A Lucky Button

Weekly Contest #331

The museum made her uneasy. It wasn’t haunted, they said. There are no such thing as ghosts. Everything is safe. Yet Lynn couldn’t help but noticing the mural in the fifth floor gallery mysteriously being replaced after one night, the grandfather clock in the fourth floor Gallery of Time vanishing then reappearing in the sixth floor corridor, and the faucets in the girl’s bathroom mysteriously turning on and off by themselves.Nobody else thought it was strange or unusual, except for James.James Wong was the son of the museum curator, Christi...

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corduroy jacket

Weekly Contest #309

The ceiling fan is blowing hard, and Suki zips up her jacket. “How are you, Suki? You haven’t picked up in months,” says Tamika over the phone. “Are you alive?” “Barely,” says Suki, sinking into her couch. “Med school is no joke.” “So you’re still in school?” Suki scoffs. “Of course I’m still in school. Why would I not be?” “Your mom told my mom you had to take a few weeks off in November. Is that true?” What a traitor, Suki thinks, scowling. “I got sick.” Tamika groans. “I swear your immune system was so strong in college. What did you get...

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The Space Between Us

Weekly Contest #282

Going home for the holidays was always hard for me. When my alarm clock started buzzing at 6:15 am on Friday, December 13, I briefly forgot about winter break and almost got up to get ready for class. My immediate next thought was it’s doomsday. I didn’t want to go home. My family would bombard me with questions, but that was easy enough to handle. Mom would brag about how hard I worked at Tufts, and how I had a whole group of friends in pre-med, pre-law, and engineering. I could take Halmeoni’s traditional of “Are you eating enough?” and “Y...

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One Of Us

Weekly Contest #274

Are all ghosts scary? I know about Casper the friendly ghost, and the ghosts in Harry Potter. But what about the real ghosts, the ones that live with us and we don’t even know it? Are they scary? Do they have bad intentions? On Halloween I found out. It was Friday after school, and my best friend Benjamin and I were walking home together. We were talking about my birthday party ideas, and noticing the decorations on everyone’s houses in the neighborhood. “Today is Halloween,” Ben observed, nodding at a house with pumpkins and graveyards and ...

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