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Submitted to Contest #85
JOZIThat's the thing about this city, and finally I was standing on its soild ground, no longer dreaming, or hoping, or applying for a scholarship to one of its great education institutions.***I craned my neck to see through the foggy window, and it amazed me how I was so excited and very curious, perhaps more curious than I had ever been my entire life. I felt the muscles in my neck protest at the way I had over-stretched them and grudgingly slumped back in my seat, wishing I had taken the window seat when my sister offered before we had le...
Submitted to Contest #81
It had to end this way if I cared.He blew and blew but the fire was not lighting. Or was it a sign? No, it was not. He had spent hours putting together such a setup in the cold weather and at last the fire was stubbornly refusing to get a proper flame. Not to mention how the minutes sprinted by as if there was a prize wherever they were rushing to. Finally with a huge below the flames crackled and bathed the corner with an orange glow. Great.Next, he checked his list....
The Heartthrob Who Left.The main door swung open and Amber scowled angrily. Did her sister have to open the door that wide as if it was the police department, letting in the coldest draught inside the already freezing apartment? She had come from work to discover that there was no firewood, she was too whacked to head down to the garage to chop, the heater needed fixing and their old house had no modern gadgets like air conditioners. It was the fireplace that always gave warmth to the house, whose heat had been diminishing over the past few ...
Submitted to Contest #80
THE NEXT HEIR“We are here,” Candice said beside him, and when he pretended not to hear, she hit his thigh softly with a fist.“Ouch!” he yelped, “and was that even necessary. Where are we?”He opened his eyes and what met his gaze left him open mouthed. They had said he had been summoned to Andorra for government business. Before that he had never known there was a country called Andorra. Even with a Masters Degree in Education such things were the least of his enthusiasms. Oh good grief, who cared to know about paltry countries nowadays?Well,...
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