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Weekly Contest #263
A MATTER OF HAPPENSTANCE By David L. Elkind delkind8@gmail.com Sam Benson and Scott Ferguson hated each other from the moment they met on the second day of high school. Sam was playing lacrosse for the first time in gym class but quickly felt comfortable catching the ball and running while cradling it in his lacrosse stick. Sam was racing to the goal when Scott, with a crazed look on his face, slammed his stick on Sam’s wrist. Sam screamed as he writhed in pain. He wanted to hit Scott when the pain subsided but when he saw Scott’s size...
Weekly Contest #224
THE LAST ALL-NIGHTER By David L. Elkind I’ve had six all-nighters in my life. The common expression is that I “pulled” an all-nighter, as if I pulled some cord which caused me to stay...
Weekly Contest #211
DELAYED HONOR By David L. Elkind I have been volunteering at Perception for two years. Perception helps people with cognitive problems, usually from Alzheimer’s disease. It hosts a series of activities each weekday that require its members to think to solve problems. The goal of Perception is to delay ...
Weekly Contest #172
RIGHTING A WRONG By David L. Elkind I tilted my head back and finished my second beer. It was my favorite, Guinness. Their motto is Good things come to those who wait, but today I felt that Bad things come to those who don’t think. I looked around and was disappointed that Danny hadn’t arrived yet. For...
Weekly Contest #137
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER By David L. Elkind About a Character Who Ironically Gets Called an EinsteinBill Jensen thought...
Weekly Contest #104
COPING DIFFERENTLY WITH THE PANDEMIC By David L. Elkind Many of us speak about the coronavirus in the past tense, because everyone we know has been vaccinated, and the stores and restaurants usually suggest wearing masks, but don’t require them. Now that we can view it as a rece...
Weekly Contest #103
PARANORMAL PROOF By David L. Elkind Bill Peterson had heard stories of paranormal activity and thought that they were “a bunch of malarkey.” Not only did he believe in requiring scientific proof of events to verify their validity, the idea of paranormal actions...
Weekly Contest #102
NEGOTIATIONS By David L. Elkind Hal Baxter hung up the phone and smiled. He had just finished negotiating a favorable settlement without having to bring a lawsuit. His client, Tom Langston, would get a substantial amount of money that would last ...
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