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Weekly Contest #345
You wished to see the ocean, so you hopped on a train. Promises of clear air and roaring waves enticed you to save every last nickel you could. Your family thought you irresponsible; your friends laughed at you. What was the point of seeing moving water? Just shake the water in your canteen. And what was the point of clear air? You breathed it all in either way. As you labored in the earth’s stomach, dredging up precious things, sparkling things, dull things, you never abandoned that hope. And so you worked; you didn’t spend your earnings ...
Weekly Contest #339
Once, there was a café that was always abuzz with life and chatter. In its storefront was a large window and this window’s favorite pastime was to eavesdrop on the crowds that filled the café. There was always a wide array of characters and topics to choose from: woes from a girl confiding in her friend how she caught her boyfriend sharing a sucker with a girl at a football game, a man in a rumpled suit and bloodshot eyes admitting to his mother he had been out of a job for over a month now, and mountains upon mountains of gossip of petty ma...
Weekly Contest #290
Ms. Jingles came into her life first - unprompted and unplanned.Amanda slammed her car door shut and huddled next to the blasting heater. She wiped away the condensation on her windshield and peered outside. Snow was falling at a steady rate. The parking lot was full of slush and puddles. She couldn’t wait to get home and have a strong cup of hot apple cider.Twisting the key in the ignition, she set the car in reverse. Her foot was hovering over the gas pedal when something caught her eye. It was a square of brown in a sea of white - a cardb...
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