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Weekly Contest #350
Dad says a trip to the pet store is always a quick pick-me-up. I don’t know if anything can cheer me up after hearing I have to get my tonsils out. No amount of ice cream or bribes of new video games could trick me into being happy about this. I’m a smart kid, I know I’m supposed to be scared. But I do like animals, too. We walk into Mel’s Pet Shop with a jingle bell ringing as we open the door. Dad takes a deep breath in, and I do the same, inhaling the smell of straw from the hamster cages and poop from every animal in the cramped building...
Weekly Contest #337
Once upon a time a girl lost her shoe and became a princess. Once upon a time a girl bit a bad apple, died, and became a princess. Once upon a time a girl pricked her finger on a spinning wheel, fell asleep, and became a princess. Zel has read all these stories with the same lessons and the same happily ever after endings. And she believes it’s all bullshit. Zel opens her eyes as they readjust to the dark room and slides off her bed, feet hitting the cold tile floor. She grabs her shawl and makeshift socks before exiting her room and saunter...
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