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Submitted to Contest #272
This story is going to start out slow, but you need to understand the layout of the house and who my grandparents were. My grandfather hated Italians and he may have been prejudiced against other nationalities, however my nine-year-old self didn’t understand the hate that people had against each other. My mother raised me with an open mind and that we were all created equal.My grandfather was 100% Lebanese. He came over to this country with his parents when he was eight years old for a better life. I don’t know anything about my great grandp...
Submitted to Contest #268
Choices Mary walked out of the house looking for her next fix. She had gotten caught up in chasing drugs. Her favorite fix was oxycodone. She liked the sense of euphoria it gave her. Her story was like everyone else’s. She’d had surgery on her back and they had prescribed Percocet for the pain. She took it as prescribed in the beginning, but the more they gave her, the more she liked it. She had become a slave to her addiction and she hated it. She had lied to so many people she’d lost track of what she’d said to who. It was quite exha...
Submitted to Contest #267
Stormy Day It was a beautiful day. The big fluffy clouds looked like cotton candy ready to be picked. There were towering cumulus clouds that could be an indication of rain to come. If you gazed long enough at them and had a vivid imagination you could see faces, animals and all sorts of things in the clouds. The blue hue of the sky looked like the Caribbean Sea with its clear vivid colors. There was a calmness in the air and a gentle breeze blowing from the west. The weatherman was calling for storms in the afternoon, however lookin...
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