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Submitted to Contest #52
1258 Words The Side Street Man “It’s not fair Mom. Why did Gus have to die?” I should have been the one, even though it wasn’t my fault. The truck that hit us ran a red light.” Melba cried uncontrollable. “Don’t cry Melba. I know it wasn’t your fault.” Repeating the same story again Melba continued, “We were laughing and talking, planning for our wedding. I got so excited I hadn’t noticed the truck was coming because I had the green light and wasn’t expecting the truck to run the red. Why, Why Mom. He took the only man I loved ...
Submitted to Contest #33
A Bad Hair day that Won “Mom, will you come help me?” Carla shouted from the bathroom sounding discouraged. “What is it this time? First you want me to get you a towel, then toilet tissue, then a housecoat. What is it now?” “I can’t get this brush out of my hair.” When her mother got to the bathroom Carla had a brush tangled all up in her hair so bad she didn’t know what she was going to do. “What on earth have you done? This is a mess,” her mother told her while pulling on the brush to get it out. How do you get ...
Submitted to Contest #30
Eunice Amero2,030 words Maud’s Surprise Maud was a lovely old lady and the neighbours all respected her. No matter when her birthday came around someone would bring her a gift. Maud would get so ...
Submitted to Contest #29
Eunice Amero2,433 words OUTRAGEOUS! “So, all of it was just a lie?” Lucy shouted in anger. “Yes, but don’t worry about it, you’ll go crazy,” Harry spoke pointing his finger in Lucy’s face. Lucy slapped his finger away from her. He never did care if she ever found out his plan or not and today it happened. He did anything, and went anywhere he wanted to go, and though he still cared for Lucy, his thoughts were a lot on himself. He didn’t care if Lucy thought he was going crazy, because he was still building his plan. A plan he hope...
Submitted to Contest #28
1,295 words A Prayer Beyond the Grave ...
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