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Weekly Contest #379
This story contains implied mental illness, entrapment in physical harm. Hank soaked the blood-stained clothes in salt water before tossing them into the washing machine. It's something he observed his wife, Anita, did. She passed away three years ago and he missed her terribly. Now, as he transfers the dampened bundle to the dryer, he recalls the day he took her shopping to buy her favorite royal blue dress. It was pricy but he liked to spoil her. Her impressive wardrobe was an ongoing project that she was proud of; each garment meticulous...
Weekly Contest #378
Contains mental health issues, physical violence, gore, self-harm. Cassy stood on the cold tile in the bathroom of her hotel room and bound her double Ds tightly against her chest. The invitation to her class reunion lay face up on the floor. Her eyes scanned the gold lettering for the sixth time. THE CLASS OF 2016 REUNIOUN WILL BE HELD AT ATHENA’S REALM. COSTUME PARTY. PRIZES FOR THE SEXIEST, MOST ORIGINAL, CUTEST, AND MORE. DO YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT THE CLASS JOCK WILL DEVISE? WHAT WILL THE CLASS CLOWN COME UP WITH? HAVE AN INKLING AS TO...
Weekly Contest #375
As I lay in bed the night after my grandmother’s funeral, a chilly draft Flew across my naked limbs. I opened my eyes and lifted my head off the pillow to search for the quilt accordioned at the bottom of the mattress. My gaze locked onto Grandmother’s moonlit face as she sat in the Papa San chair in the corner of my room. She shook her finger at me as if I were being naughty and though her lips did not part, the words ‘Negative Nelly’ echoed under the high ceilings of my bedroom. She showed up the next several nights too, and I began to rec...
Weekly Contest #373
CW: Kidnapping, torture, gore, and body horror “My friend, Baily, and I had just completed a haunted hayride and were walking toward my car when a clean-cut teenager approached us. He asked if we would be interested in checking out the haunted house he and his buddies created. It would be free of charge, he said; his only request was that we spread the word if we thought it was any good. I glanced at Bailey who responded with an emphatic thumbs up. “Hell yeah,” I said to the young man. The hayride got our blood pumping, and we were ready fo...
Weekly Contest #372
Trigger warning: bullying My anxiety did not ignite until after my morning routine. I had a list of tasks to carry out and I habitually completed them; there was no desire to veer off track. Then I’d sit in front of the glowing display of my computer, mesmerized by the tiny, spinning compact disc while waiting for it to morph into an arrow. A beehive of responsibilities and obligations would swarm in my head and my two point five hours of tranquility would be over. This morning however, the first thing I thought about even before my eyes fl...
Weekly Contest #364
“What kind of fish goes fishing,” Megan asked me one evening. The trivia game we were playing was the first of our family’s traditions leading up to Halloween. I hesitated. After throwing my hands up in defeat, she exclaimed. “Anglerfish,” then read the blurb under the answer. “Female anglerfish have a modified dorsal ray that resembles a fishing pole. A luminescent organ dangles from the tip like bait. It hangs directly in front of the fish’s mouth, the hypnotic glow from the organ/bait attracting prey.” She was intrigued, and the following...
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