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Eric D.

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Cadence Calls for Monsters

"Listen close, you pieces of human garbage! You're in the beginning stages of joining this beloved platoon! Organized by yours truly! Our 50th Commander in Chief! And you will not become warriors in my elite company until you pass my training grounds impeccably! Do I make myself clear!?""Aye, Sir!""I will not have any failures in my platoons!""Aye, Sir!""You have 20 seconds to prove me right, starting 18 seconds ago!""Aye, Sir!!""Any of you caught moving like pond water! We will all take turns stomping the bad habits out of you!""Aye, Sir!""...

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Illusions of An Idealized Empire

(CW: Violence, Bodily Harm, Suggestive Themes, Offensive Material)The largest underground mining project was located several kilometers from the southernmost city in South America. It was a commission by the Greater German Reich in power in 1945 and completed in just four excruciating years of intensive labor. Many sacrificed their lives to uphold an existence obscured from the rest of the world's peripherals.While the German armies had been decommissioned back in Europe, and the war efforts had concluded, President Truman and his peers soug...

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Birds of a Feather

Where's my cigar?" said Bonzo, the alpha male chimpanzee with his exceptionally large domineering appearance. "Bonzo needs his cigars!", he howled with an irritated tone in his voice and pounded lightly on his chest to further emphasize his displeasure. The other chimps in the exhibit didn't dare to approach him during these commonly occurring tantrums.   Bonzo was a pampered chimp who had gotten use to receiving everything he wanted. He had hastily knuckle-walked towards the cool shade under the big tree nearby. He chomped on...

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The Universe is Indifferent

“Did you know in Iceland there was a woman on a tour bus presumed missing who later joined her own search party for several hours?” Anais snorted and cackled as she scrolled through funny blog posts on her phone while laying down in her pajamas and oversized shirt.     A shirtless Jorge laid on the bed besides her crossing his arms behind his head. He folded his shirt and tossed it on a chair across the room. “You’re kidding me”. He leaned against the bed frame and flipped through the channels on the TV remote, searching for...

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The Heat Between the Clouds

Weekly Contest #116

Marina laid the large wicker basket of her hot-air balloon sideways as she held open the edges of her envelope bag with wide-open arms. The inflator fan began to gradually expand the red and yellow striped-bag with cold air while her mother prepared the burners and made sure Marina had packed everything she needed for her long journey East. Her nephew helped load the propane tanks and strapped them in on each corner to achieve the equilibrium she needed to steer safely. Marina carried in the ballasts and other necessities, she paused while p...

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There's No Future in Reno

(CW: Drugs, Profanity)They were the last few text messages I read before heading out to Reno in hopes of resetting my thoughts. Me and Brenda had ended it after six long years together. I often thought we'd end up settling down, but things didn't line up exactly how I planned them to."I worry that I wasted the best of me on you, Marcus""I'm beginning to think you never cared..."I sat in an empty area of the terminal staring off at the transparent walls watching the planes taxiing and hoping they would eventually lead me to salvation in anoth...

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Somewhere in Time

"Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years on end" - Homer, The OdysseyUlyssa paced around the hallways when the first bell rang, she had exactly five minutes to race and find her friends before the class began. Her two best friends in Faith Josephine High School were Keya and Rosa, and the three seniors shared the same displeasure with their conservative private school.After finding her friends, Ulyssa had convinced them to ditch with her. She had admi...

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One Night in the Asphalt

"We have plenty of time before the sun goes down" I said to one of my class mates who was concerned about it getting too dark out. It was 4:30 pm when we started the extra-credit assignment the professor had given us. While we worked on this "no time-limit" project, he sipped his coffee and enjoyed his long Stephen King's novel. Me and Jenny had grown impatient on how long it was taking us to complete it, and it didn't dawn on us how quick the time would fly. Before we knew it, it was already 7:35 PM and the sun had set.Jenny had t...

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Far from Neon Roads

(Content Warning: Cursing, Violence)I'm in a good place, I haven't wanted to tear my hair out or punch a hole in a wall in a couple of weeks. Reflecting on my actions and taking control of my emotions from a stressful job was invigorating, but I could feel the urge to relapse from an outburst at any given moment. I needed to make an escape from daily life, more liken to Bonnie and Clyde running from stress than a meditative retreat. The prolongation of not dealing with my anger issues was a risky maneuver that would have jeopardized my posit...

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The Secret Admirer (CYOA)

(Content warning: cursing, violence)"Dear, Cecilia.Your love is an endless motion in my heartIf time cruelly passes by, dividing us apartWhen the distance torments us My love will always remain your shining light"Love, Q."You delete the email right away and report it as SPAM, turn to PG 1Your curiosity got the best of you, you respond right away. PG 2PG 1You walk over and share details of the weird email to your best friend Jenny whose sitting in her own cubicle. She laughs at you and calls you the "office slut". You don't find it amusi...

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Left in the Lurch

After waiting patiently for years in a long waitlist I was finally able to get it. I had gotten the call from the HR manager at the Iron Horse Casino for the custodial position. "Right away ma'am!" I enthusiastically responded before she could finish her first question on when I could start. I then hugged the missus tightly afterwards and assured her we would be doing well here on out.We lived paycheck to paycheck but comfortably nonetheless, it was me and her and our two curious boys who'd always hoped to leave this small town of ours ...

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The Stupendous Swan Girl

CW: cursingSwan girl swung from the telephone cables with effortless ease, piercing through the already deafening noise pollution of the uptown boroughs with her prominent call..."Ger-On-I-Mo!!" she yelled somersaulting and landing on top of the rooftop of her favorite pizzeria with a burst of adrenaline. This was a place where she frequently surveyed the streets of New York City looking for signs of unruly behavior in the crowds of people walking by. Swan girl had the city's most deplorable in fear of her presence, they trembled in the...

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The Men from Down Under

"Wake up, wake up!" cried the voice of a child, an exasperated blonde girl who couldn't be more than six-years old. She desperately pushed and shoved Gerald who had been laying down sleeping on a sinking mattress.He opened his eyes to be greeted by the same dim-lit bedroom he recognized and his daughter, Willow whose eyes were red and moist from having cried so much. She had been desperately trying to get her father to notice the rising water submerging the furniture.  "Willow, what... what happened?" Gerald still groggy watch...

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The Snake, The Tiger and The Motmot

"Do you hear the sounds of the birds singing in the branches high above? Do you feel the vibrations of the leaves trembling from the gentle breeze passing through them? Do you hear the trembles of lightning roaring in the thick clouds far away? There is a living breathing world around you, Anita. You must listen to it and let it speak to you. These trees, these creatures were here before you and have survived on their own. Learn their movements, learn their ways of survival and you will know Kung Fu". Master Lee whispered with his ...

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Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime

Weekly Contest #105

Donovan Lewinsky was one of the most well known influential names in the last decade, at least according to the music world where he had established himself as a pop icon with international recognition. His face would be plastered on every magazine outlet, television and trending social media app. Everyone knew exactly where he would be, even his mundane decisions would have consequential impacts on trends. For example, Don had taken a trip to Quito and the world's eyes were on Ecuador for the few weeks he was there, scrutinizing every ...

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