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Weekly Contest #373
“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 ...
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, t...
Weekly Contest #368
“I was a stud then and I’m a stud now,” Charlie affirmed to himself after posting his profile pictures on yet another dating site; photos taken almost twenty years ago. “The lady lucky enough to be matched with me will be pleasantly surprised.” The first few matches he was sent were duds, “Homely women,” he called them, “not worth a second glance.” Then he saw Wanda’s photo and immediately declared her to be his next challenge. He didn...
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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