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Submitted to Contest #334
It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling, and it was almost dark. Santa wasn’t used to being out this early on Christmas Eve, but the forecast had called for terrible blizzard-like conditions throughout several parts of the world, so he figured it might be best to get an early start so he didn’t risk getting stuck with no way of getting to each house in one night.It didn’t take long before the conditions became so blinding that even Rudolph’s nose wasn’t enough to penetrate through the wall of snow that was in front of them. Donner sugge...
Submitted to Contest #333
It’s the phone call every parent hopes to never receive. “We have your daughter.” My wife began to panic, but I’ve seen Taken several times, so I was more prepared. I told her to book me a flight to Paris while I talk with the kidnapper. “Don’t you think we should probably hear their demands first before we make any plans?” she said. I’ve always appreciated how cool she can be under pressure, and there couldn’t have been much more pressure than what we were experiencing right then. I nodded in agreement, and in the most intimidating C...
Submitted to Contest #250
The café was crowded, but we decided to go ahead and get in line, anyway, hoping that maybe a couple of seats might become available by the time we got our coffee. Sure enough, two people got up just as we were getting ready to order, so I told my dad to get me a vanilla latte and I went to snag the open table before anyone else could. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed the person behind me was also making a move for the table, but I had edged out just ahead of them. They stepped back in line as I sat down. I will neve...
Submitted to Contest #248
I am a curious skeptic. What this means is that while I am skeptical of a lot of things, I am also curious about the experience. Which is why I agreed to go with my mom when she said she wanted to visit a medium. I had never had a desire to do this before. It isn’t something that even crossed my mind to try. But when my cousin was talking about his experience with it, I could see that my mom was completely enthralled. It didn’t take mu...
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