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Weekly Contest #186
Words 1,079 BETWITCHED “Wow, this place sure looks different. Smells kind of funky too, like, like --” “You mean like nothing! Well, maybe Lysol.” Yep, the ambience is gone; that’s for sure. And this place is so goddamn clean. Not a crumb or peanut shell to be found. “Wonder why? This always was one of my favorite haunts. “Health inspectors closed it. Vermin.” Well, that’s a crock. “But at least we can be alone. That’s why I chose this very empty place. C’mon, join me on the bar for old times’ sake. “ “Don’t think it was that lon...
Weekly Contest #183
Bonnie Sanders 3639 Malibu Vista Drive Malibu, California 90265 1605 Words SALAD BAR DATING Fern glances up from a newspaper toward her daughter, hoping to make eye contact, but Dana is enrapt in ‘whatever’ on her iPad, so Fern rattles the paper loud. The weeist of smiles from Dana. She knows her mother. “What, Mom?” “An interesting dating idea.” Dana groans. “C’mon, Mom. You know I have tried them all.” “But not salad bar dating.” Dana guffaws. “No, that one I have not tried. Do I dress as a radish or an eggplant?” “My daughte...
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