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Weekly Contest #86
Eunice M. Amero 1,173 words The Help of a Bear A little girl named Jackie and her mother went walking in the forest one day to find a place to have a picnic. “Mother could I carry the basket, please?” “It’s too heavy for you, Dear.” “Let’s have our picnic here beside this beautiful lake,” Jackie said. “Okay, that’s a nice spot,” Mother agreed with a smile. “Help me spread the blanket, Honey.” After the blanket was spread they placed all the food, dishes and napkins on it. Jackie was like a tomboy and she loved to climb, so she climb ...
Weekly Contest #72
The Unexpected Inheritance Denise was in her last year of school. She was an only child, and they weren’t a rich family. Her father divorced her mom when she was just 3 years old and her mother has been working since in an old folks home, cleaning and making sure the elderly got their medicine. Joanie, Denise’s mother worked for years. She had no choice for she had her home to take care of and put Denise in school, along with bills to pay. Each day she got home she was almost too tired to do her own work so Denise would try to help her. ...
Weekly Contest #65
1,431 words The Graveyard Visitors The sun was just starting to set. It was Halloween. What a night for Bob and Vinson. They could hardly wait for Halloween for they had plans. Bob and Vinson were friends and was in the same class in school. They were two boys that was known to do anything. They weren’t afraid of nothing. In school they would play tricks on the girls and get in trouble. This year for Halloween they talked about going trick-a-treating and after they finished they would go out in different costumes and scare kids after they...
Weekly Contest #60
2155 words A Post-Apocalyptic Lover "We need to talk,” Zoey. “I have to tell you something before I marry you. I’ve been planning to tell you for a long time.” She and Jeff, sat down. Zoey started, "Horror found me a year before I met you! I didn’t know what to do! It was on Halloween night, and at this Halloween dance, Danny a man I liked the looks of, who had his eyes on me and watched every step I took. He finally asked me to dance. After ordering me a drink he asked me if I would like to go out on a date with him. I couldn’t refuse h...
Weekly Contest #59
1,065 words The Strange Neighbours 1 “I thought I would come bring you some cookies to welcome you to our neighbourhood.” Viola smiled, as she passed the dish of cookies to them. The couple act confused and only stared at the cookies before reaching out to take them. Viola held her smile not knowing what to think. She continued staring, waiting to see if they would take them and thank her. When they did, their voices didn’t sound right. It surprised her so much she quickly left without a welcome and went home. When she got home and...
Weekly 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 away from ...
Weekly 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 a brush so tangled everytime...
Weekly Contest #30
Eunice Amero 2,030 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 pleased she would hug them and thanked them until they were out the door. She had lots of money in her life and she was always helping someone else. Like one day when one of her neighbour girls was needing a doctor because she was having an asthma attack, Maud called an ambulance and to keep her company she went with the mother to the hospital. She ...
Weekly Contest #29
Eunice Amero 2,433 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 hoped would ...
Weekly Contest #28
1,295 words A Prayer Beyond the Grave George pressed the call button and said, "Mrs. Whitfield, you have another visitor." Mrs. Whitfield had another long, tiring day at the office and promised herself this visitor would be her last one today. She couldn't wait to soak in her new hot tub. She could almost feel the bubbles bubbling around her body, causing her desire to crave for that good feeling. When the man walked in all she could do was stare at him speechless. She told herself she saw this man before, but he appeared in her mind as a ...
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