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Weekly Contest #43
My eyes are closed as I try to imagine what this day might have looked like when it all began. The ground rumbles, and I can feel the vibrations through my whole body as the crowd hums its excitement and as the thoroughbreds prepare to run. I try to picture the crowd’s face as it was back then; it probably would have been more colorful. There would have been more color by the stables and in the back rooms as well. It is hard to imagine now. It was easier when I was younger, and there had not been years upon years ofseeing seas of porcel...
Weekly Contest #42
Once upon a time, a nation had two princesses. One was beautiful; the other was ugly. Now, don’t tell me that everyone is beautiful in their own way or that beauty comes from within. Even if you believe such things, the fact of the matter is that everyone who had seen this princess, thought she was ugly. Consequently, for all practical purposes Princess Helga was ugly, and no one knew this better than Helga herself. Her younger sister, Rosaline, had dated countless suitors. Many had proposed, but Rosaline hadn’t accepted any until now. The k...
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