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Submitted to Contest #104
Calvin The Comic A bead of sweat dripped from Calvin Hoopers brow. He was filled with the exhilaration of the audience on the other side of the door. Soon it would be his turn, he could hear the people laugh at the comic that was on stage now. Open Mike at the “Trollies Tavern”, always the highlight of Calvins dull week. Not much excitement as a gas attendant. Mundane was the existence of the gas jockey. , It was when he discovered the comedy open mike at “Trollies”, that a spark was once again lit in him. To laugh, free and simpl...
Submitted to Contest #93
Sweaty Laughs The steam rose off the hot pavement as I drove down the secluded section of route 1. The tune of “Nevermind”, by Nirvana played on the radio, as I gazed at the landscape ahead of me. It was still morning, only a little past nine, but the humid Florida heat was already bombarding the earth with its inferno-like intensity. I was not in a particular hurry as I had no real place to be, I just didn’t want to sit in my apartment alone on a Sunday morning, so I decided to take a little drive out to the beach. The St. Augustine...
Submitted to Contest #92
Harvestation Restlessly I lay on my hard cot, gazing at the light straining between the boards on the window. How many days had it been? Raising my hand to my face, I touch my beard. I hadn’t shaved since I had been running, always running now. I cringe at the daylight now becoming more present illuminates the cabin with its eerie glow. They would be waking soon. Hunger ever-present in my days now grips my belly ...
Submitted to Contest #83
“Fancy Meeting You” Squinting into the sun as she got off the Greyhound bus, Jenna adjusted herself to the temperature immediately getting consumed by the hot Florida humidity. Being it was October and the air was already turning crisp when she had boarded the bus in the Port Authority of New York to arrive here in Venice Florida for her tropical getaway. True Venice Florida was not Bermuda but being that Jenna had never been so close to the warm breeze off the ocean, or smelled the saltwater freshness of the air, this was paradise. ...
Submitted to Contest #76
STAR JUDGEMENT “Welcome, please sit down”, she gestures towards an overstuffed, comfortable-looking chair. “Thank you, I have never done anything like this before I must admit.” “I have done this many times, you have no need to worry. I know why you have come here, you seek truth in your end of days”. “Yes, for too long I was locked in that cell, away from existence. Unable to comprehend the solitude I was forced to endure. Darkness absolute in form, swirling around me always, why I was captive I know not why but for many...
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