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Weekly Contest #347
Please Stop the Rain The rain didn’t just fall; it interrogated. It hammered against the shingles of the small house, a relentless rhythm that sounded to Grandma like the ticking of a clock that had finally run out. Inside, the atmosphere was just as heavy. The air was thick with the scent of damp wool and the bitter, medicinal smell of the "other granny’s" tea. "You were the one with him," the mother said, her voice a jagged blade. She didn't look up from her lap, her eyes fixed on a loose thread in her skirt. "You were the one who was supp...
Weekly Contest #318
CW: Mentions of emotional and psychological abuse THE WORLD IS STAGED Step into a shadowed, fictitious world—one that unfolds like a grand Broadway production. Here, we peer through the proscenium arch or across a screen, observing lives played out with the calculated precision of a script.A world teeming with illusion, where fake people and fabricated news shape the narrative by unseen hands.. This unsettling paradigm bleeds into our own lives, and mirrors our jobs, our education, and even our pursuit of humanitarian ideals. Life itself bec...
Weekly Contest #309
How Could You… Five years had passed. Five quiet, aching years without the warmth of a man’s touch, without the flicker of hope that love might still find her. Yet something had begun to stir in Chloe—a slow, insistent yearning that broke through the stillness like sunlight through stained glass. It wasn’t defiance but grace that urged her forward, a whisper of possibility nestled within her unshaken vow of celibacy and devout faith.Then she met David. It began with a blind date, orchestrated by well-intentioned friends. But before they ever...
Weekly Contest #288
THE FORECASTAs well as the impact of climate change, it has become increasingly apparent globally. We are facing devastating consequences of extreme weather events, reported the weatherman. The peculiar thing was, that all over the world, has reported the same weather forecast 66.6C, and the gust of wind was over 500mph that started from one corner of the earth to the other side of the world, and the wind was progressively rising-fast. In California 66.6C, Montana 66.6C, Louisiana 66.6C, Alaska 66.6C, China 66.6C, London 66.6C, ubi...
Weekly Contest #260
POPULATION TWO (A Short Story)It was a beautiful, sultry, and sunny day. Loveda had received a phone call from Rhoda, a high school colleague. Rhoda had moved several months ago and had been inviting Loveda and her sister Renee, to her new home. A wave of nostalgia swept over them as they continue to laugh and talk about the daunting experiences that they had encountered with Rhoda.Loveda was short about 5' 2 tall, petite, coy, and very attractive and long black hair. Renee was tall, s...
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