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Weekly Contest #374
When half of his face enters the moonlight, the other still in shadow, he looks confused. Scared, even. She sees herself in him before the fear is cast away as easily as a pebble. Surprise, now that he's noticed her. “Oh.” She meets his eyes for a bare second before casting her gaze down upon the warm forest floor, where her toes sink into the moss. She frees them every few seconds or so, a silent dance. “I’m sorry, I saw a light – what are you doing here, I mean, uhm, are you okay?” He looks around, as if looking for an explanation: a compa...
Weekly Contest #365
CW: Death It started with a hamster. Squeak-squeaking in the pool of his palm, it looked at me and said, I should be yours. “This one’s mine,” my best friend said. “I picked him first.” “And he’s mine now,” my worst enemy insisted. “Take the black one.” “That’s not fair.” He gave a shrug. Then he stroked the soft, golden, furry nugget in his outstretched hand. Both our hamsters died two years later; they now lie buried next to each other in his parents’ backyard. Some people bury hatchets. We buried hamsters. So long ago now, but I still rem...
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