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Corey Melin

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The Stripers

“Something’s not right,” Michael told Lizzy, frowning as he looked out the front window. “What do you mean?” she asked, walking over to him. “Tina is always in her rocking chair on the porch at this time of day. It is one of her strange rituals,” he explained. “She isn’t there today.” “Maybe she’s sick, or something came up,” she said, glancing across the street at the empty rocking chair. “It’s no big deal.” “Tina sits in that chair no matter how she feels, bundled up and coughing her head off. You know how she is. Same thing, day after day...

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Foreigner in the Land

I had just experienced the toughest hunt since I was able to remember. I will say it has not been long since memories flooded my head. I know I was the size I am now when the memories came. Does that mean I came into existence looking like I do now? Maybe, but by observing the others in this land I have seen many whom were small then they become taller and taller. I am much taller than the majority of the living beings I have encountered so either I have reached my height, or I will be towering over all beings by a long shot. I hope not for ...

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Enduring the Storm

I stand here in the middle of a field, drenched and miserable. I have had enough of the troubles that have hit me lately. “God!” I call out as I look up at the sky, covered with dark clouds. I must close my eyes as drops batter my face. “I have had enough!” Take this storm away! I cannot take it anymore! Please, if you genuinely love me!” I came close to asking if He were truly out there, but then I would be fooling myself. I knew there was a God, but I am upset with Him right now. It seems that not long ago, rain clouds entered my life. I ...

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Piped to Freedom

Weekly Contest #277

I lay back in my relaxing chair as I watched the flames grow higher and higher. There have been so many occasions I have sat in the chair reading one of numerous books I owned until I grew weary. I put the book down, closed my eyes, and went off into dreamland. But today will not be the case, as I have a piece of parchment on my lap and a quill ready to write to the ones I love. How should I start my letter to the ones I regard as my children? So many memories of good times popped up in my mind. I closed my eyes and meditated to take contro...

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Watch What You Digest

Liam walked on a beautiful, sunny day that does not come often where he lived. Most days when he is not working, Liam sits in his favorite recliner and reads one of his hardcover books. He admitted to the few he talked to that he preferred to work his mind, not his body. Today was one of the few days he chose the body. A tough choice for the book he was reading was becoming quite suspenseful as the detective was getting closer to finding the killer. As he walked, Liam figured that if he sat at home reading, he would be at the point in the bo...

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Finally, the Big Day

Life is like a roller coaster ride. You hang on tight and enjoy the ride. One crucial factor is to have a companion beside you to help you endure the wild ride. A family member or friend is nice, but a life-mate is much sweeter. With Mick, he lived a quiet life. It did not help that his first years of life contained teasing because of his appearance and difficulty pronouncing words correctly. On top of that, he lived in a military community, so his friends moved away as soon as he got to know them. Mick ended up becoming a loner in his bedro...

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Calling

“I didn’t see that one coming,” Mark said as he looked at each expression on the others' faces. Then he turned back to Lucas. He found it hard to believe that a small fellow just took out four men double his size by himself. “You amaze me,” is all he could say. Lucas looked at Mark with an exhausted look after just having a physical altercation. He looked at the others, who all had a stunned look on their faces. He figured all of them were thinking about how a skinny, young man who was a foot shorter than most men could take out ruffians of...

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Make Things Right

Weekly Contest #252

Trigger Warning: stalker, thoughts of suicide, and murder Susie continues walking down the dark alley, wondering if she is doing the right thing. “Should I trust my saviors?” she asks herself. For weeks, this man has been following her wherever she goes. Whatever establishment she visited; this man would be there. “Why?” she asks herself. “There is nothing special about me. I am not popular and no beauty contest winner.” But in this crazy world, you never know what is going through someone’s head. All she knows is the stalking needs to end....

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Gift of Knowledge

Weekly Contest #251

We are all given a gift we can use to better everyone’s lives in this world. A world that desperately needs gifts to keep it from going into the dark ages. Ones who use their gifts for evil can bring such an event that unfortunately has occurred throughout history. It will continue to the end of time because of living in a fallen world, but never give up and strive to use your gift to better humanity and our planet. My name is Robert, and I use my gift to help others with my discoveries when I am meant to do so. Sometimes my gift tells me th...

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THE USE OF A PICKER TO PICK CAN TURN TO RUIN

For employers, there are times when they do not go off the quality of someone’s work history. Instead, they go off their compassion and decide to give them a chance to prove to the employer they made the right choice. For this story, they made an extremely poor choice. But he had little choice since most of the people he interviewed had criminal records. Most of them were past thieves and liked to enter homes or businesses to destroy everything in their paths. “What is this world coming to?” thought Harold as he took in a deep breath and slo...

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Treachery

Weekly Contest #241

I looked upon my brother in shock because the one I loved and cared for had just betrayed me. “How can you do such a thing?” I asked Nikom. “Do you not have the love for me as I do for you?” Nikom looked upon me with a stern look, but there was a flicker of regret. “This needs to be, Grason,” he muttered. I looked upon him with disbelief. My heart crushed by such a situation I was now encountering. It was the last thing I would ever expect in life. “Take him far away,” Nikom said to the men in black robes, standing in front of us. Then he lo...

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Feeling Okay

Weekly Contest #240

I did not take my anxiety medicine today knowing I will be okay. Walk to the sliding glass door as beams of sunlight strike my floor. Today is a good day to go out to experience the fresh air. To breath it in deeply as I have done so many times in the past. To take in the beauty of nature created to bring peace to a soul in pain. I look around outside and see no one in sight. “Perfect,” I say. “Time to go out Picolo.” She barks and dances as I pull the glass door open. In moments she is out and running across the field. The joy I can see...

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Deceiver to All

Weekly Contest #217

Gunmar Lextonic looks up at the blue sky, puffy clouds here and there where one can imagine shapes of wonder. A current view which took him back moons ago as an innocent child lying on the grassy field, looking up at the sky. “So much has changed,” he mutters as he looks back down at the dirt path, quickly becoming overgrown with grass and weeds. By this point on the path most races will start feeling the fear coming forth from the lair. Each step becomes more difficult until most cry out in fear and run far to escape the terror. Ones with...

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They Know Better

Weekly Contest #216

I open my eyes and look over at the clock. “Why do I continue to do so?” I ask myself. Every single day I am scheduled to wake up at six am. Programmed into all of us, so we received the right amount of sleep. We no longer had control over the amount of sleep we take once they inserted the chip under our skin. “We are your new gods, for there was never a true God,” I remember being told. “We know what is best for you. Your life will be much better since we are of the superior race.” Years have passed, but I recall the statement like it w...

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AM I LIVING IN A HAUNTED HOUSE?

Weekly Contest #215

I lay in bed reading a horror book when I see movement from the corner of my eye coming from the other side of the closed curtain. I slowly lower my book, my mind screaming at me not to. There is a shadow floating on the right side of my window. At first, I thought it was the shadow of the flag, flapping in the wind, but quickly realized this is no flag. I stare at the shadow as it moves up, then to the left, then down, then to the right before repeating the cycle again. “What the heck is it?” I mutter. The shadow changes shape repeatedly ...

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