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Submitted to Contest #6
It had been months since I broke up with Ben. We first met one Saturday evening. A few friends and I were out dancing in a local singles club. He asked me to dance. I said, “Yes,” and we ended up dating for almost two years.Going through a messy divorce, he had moved out and lived alone. I foolishly disregarded the ‘red flag warning signs.’ We had a lot in common, and I enjoyed his company.Educated, handsome, tall with dark wavy hair, he was hard to resist.One night a year ago, we were in a restaurant having dinner. We sat sipping after-dinn...
Submitted to Contest #4
Marvin, the mouse, scampered as fast as his little legs and feet could carry him. He had to get to the barn where his family and friends waited. A picnic in his honor to celebrate his “coming of age” was about to begin.Short of breath, he huffed and puffed as he ran across Farmer Jack’s field toward the barn. “Oh, why didn’t I resist the temptation to go to the cornfield this morning?” he whimpered.At least a foot high, the grass and weeds in the field next to the patch of planted corn made it impossible for him to run any faster. Soon, a sh...
Submitted to Contest #3
“Cathy, what are these cut up magazines, newspapers and scraps of paper doing strewn all over our living room floor?” her husband, Brad, yelled across the room?Still wearing khaki work clothes, Brad arrived home after working the whole day operating a crane at a construction site. Tired, he looked forward to his usual nap on the couch before dinner.“Geez Cathy, I can’t even find a path to walk to the couch,” he added as he did his best to maneuver between the piles of paper.In the middle of the mess of papers on the dark hardwood floor, sat ...
Submitted to Contest #2
The day started out like a normal Monday workday. Not being a morning person, when my alarm went off at six a.m., I reached over and punched the snooze button. Ten minutes later, I punched it again. At six-twenty, I forced myself to shut off the alarm, got out of bed, and began the mundane ritual of getting ready for work.Half asleep, barefoot, wearing the lacy pink nightgown Wally loved, I meandered from the bedroom, down the hall to the kitchen. I filled a coffee cup with water, added an Earl Grey tea bag and placed the cup in the microwav...
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