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Submitted to Contest #92
My world is dark and warm. I open my eyes and blink, but I can see nothing as the warm liquid flows over my body, and the gentle rocking and swaying lulls me back to sleep. I try to fight the sleep for a moment, then give in and close my eyes once more. I am dreaming, I know I am because light is shining with an iridescent brilliance, flooding everything and changing the colors of everything hit touches. I am in a field filled with dazzling flowers. The colors are incredible, hundreds of tones and hues, each petal different. The scent of t...
Submitted to Contest #91
I woke up to the crazy ringtone I had thought was so funny yesterday afternoon. Turns out at 3:00 AM, it’s the most annoying ringtone in the world. I blindly reached for the phone and wondered how my “Do Not Disturb” had allowed anyone to disturb my sleep. I mean, going to bed at midnight and waking up at 3:00, wasn’t my idea of fun. The caller ID showed my mom’s picture. I sat up in the bed and forced myself to wake up. “Mom, what’s wrong?” I asked. “I stole something,” my mom wailed into the phone. “I can’t believe I didn’t give it back. Y...
Submitted to Contest #90
Okay, so it’s not the end of the world. Oh—wait. It IS the end of the world. I pulled my thin sweater over my shoulders and peered out the living room window of our home. It was dark outside, and hot. It was always dark and hot. No one ever went outside anymore unless they wanted to shrivel up like a piece of beef jerky within minutes. How this could be when the sun never broke through the thick clouds anymore, I couldn’t tell you. But believe me, no one wants to go out there in that oven. Most of the time we stayed in our M...
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