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Submitted to Contest #339
It amazes me about what one can hear and see at places like Starbucks and Subway. I couldn’t stop myself from overhearing a conversation between a man and a woman, until they left with a dramatic finish. Their conversation spurred me to write this story. Her heart was broken, bleeding from all sides, pain that was hurting to the core, but nothing was seen outside to anyone. Neither the cracks in her heart nor the blood flowing from it or the throbbing pain. She wanted to cry but her eyes were reluctant to shed a tear. She was surprised by he...
Submitted to Contest #338
As he walked on to his home from the school (don’t get him started about the pains of being in high school), he had to pass an alley on the way. Today for some reason his attention was caught and stepped into the alley. There lying by the forgotten dumpster lied a small book. He looked all over to see if someone were there still claim the book. When he saw no one, he went closer and took the book. It was old and written mostly in Sanskrit Language. He recognized the language from the course he took after school during his holidays. He rolled...
Submitted to Contest #337
"What the..", grunted out the young man in battered but beautiful clothes as cold water splashed on his face. Scrunching at the hot sun, he opened his eyes to look into chocolate brown eyes framed within thick dark eyelashes and dark brown eyebrows. His eyes floated down to the mouth opened in a silent "O" edged with red luscious lips. Instantly he pulled the face down and kissed the red lips hard feeling life rushing back into him. A moment of surprise later, gasping, the face pulled back and smacked on his cheek. "Ouch! Why did you do that...
Submitted to Contest #335
Foreword: Imagine you wake up one day and realize that it is your life, but everything is different. No body recognizes you, not your parents, teachers, friends, not even your girlfriend / boyfriend. It is like it is your life but in a parallel world where no one remembers or knows you. What would you do? How would you feel? Scary? Frightened? Lost? Let's see how Noah felt. Noah breezed into the corridor of his School, with his iPod blowing away some Black Eyed Peas songs into his ears. He was dancing to the tune when he saw Laurel standing ...
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