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Ava L

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Weekly Contest #84

I      I’m sick. I usually don’t admit that I’m sick, but I can’t deny it this time. I decided to stay home from work today, in hopes that I will feel better tomorrow.      This is the first time in almost a year that I have taken a sick day. Even though I know I shouldn’t, I usually just work through it. But here I am, sitting in bed instead of in my office. When I was a kid, this is always what I imagined marriage would be like. Me sitting in bed, waiting for my husband to get home. I gues...

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The Matrons

Weekly Contest #71

June“You’re invited to June’s December Cookie exchange!”I look anxiously at the invitation. Not even the beautiful design can distract me from my spiraling thoughts. I know what I need to do, I’ve thought out exactly how I’m going to do it thousands of times in the last week. But I still have no idea how he will react.“How do you like it?” my best friend, Cara, asks me.Without looking at her, I nod and manage not to sound like I am dying when I assure her the invitations are stunning. “I’ll send them out today.”My stomach stirs. Am I really ...

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A Life Covered in Stars

Weekly Contest #51

I heard a story once. One about a girl, a bull, a rock, and the stars. This girl was born from the leg of a man, and she was loved greatly by her fathers. She was loved so much that the men she lived with refused to give her to the Bone Bull for marriage. But after the bull sent multiple birds as messengers, the men finally allowed the bull to take their daughter. She lived with the bull for a year’s time before the men sent a mole and a badger to take her away from the bull. Once she was free, they began to flee, for the Bone Bull was crue...

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The Last Time

Weekly Contest #50

The aging wood beneath me causes my muscles to ache, screaming for me to stand up, to move. But I am too happy here, just like this, to move. I can hear the soft chirping of birds just outside these walls; I can feel the sun setting, taking the heat with it. The combination of sensations effectively blocking out the sound of my parents fighting. Not that I care anymore. It has just become part of my life; it has become uncomfortable, inherently wrong when they aren’t at each other’s throats. But I think this is a good thing, because, so long...

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Beck Waits.

Weekly Contest #49

Beck hates waiting. Everyone who knows her knows that she is not a patient person. But as she waits today, she is more stoic than she has ever been, even though she shouldn’t be. She seems untouched by the events of the day, just patiently waiting. There is no sign of her usual jitters: no bouncing leg, no useless scrolling through social media, no trying to count the number of people walking past. Today, it was useless. Today was a lot of things. Today is always a lot of things, but this today in particular is one that will not be washed a...

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My Asymptote

Weekly Contest #28

Love stories never really end well. Yes, there are the perfect romance novels, but tell me, when have you ever seen love like that? Not that I don’t want it because I certainly do. Its just that our hearts are destined to betray us. The fault lies in what our heart lets us love, my heart for example loves the good guy. Of course, this doesn’t sound like it would be a problem, except for the fact that the good guys I inevitably fall for, are entirely unattainable. I guess I should start from the beginning. So, picture this, a sweet little fre...

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