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Weekly Contest #287
It was almost the end of the month and Alison hadn't even started her Writing Group short story assignment.Maybe a change of scene might help?Wrapping up warmly against the biting Winter wind,she began to walk to the local shopping complex.It was a brisk ten minutes' walk away.She strode along,trying to warm up.Her thick woollen coat flapped around her knees and the cosy knitted scarf swallowed her neck and jaw in a soft,warm embrace.Turning into the main entrance,she made her way to "Yummies" - a slightly more upmarket cafe near the front d...
Weekly Contest #269
If I curl up smaller and go down under the blankets a bit more,I might not be able to hear the shouting from the kitchen.Crash! Oh no,there goes his dinner,thrown at the wall again.He's getting louder and angrier.I can hear Mummy crying." Please don't Jack," she begs." You'll wake Lily."But I have been awake since Dad fell up the front steps and said bad words when he tripped over.Mummy washed my mouth out with soap once when I said a bad word.But no-one is brave enough to do that to my Dad.He hurts people.When he has been to the pub,he talk...
Weekly Contest #18
Claire rummaged through the rack of coats in the charity shop.Money was tight and her old coat was falling apart.A royal blue woollen coat caught her eye.It was a fairly modern style and the pearlescent buttons gleamed prettily." Mummaaa,Mummaaa!" wailed her two year old from the pram.The tot's windblown hair and snotty nose added to the look of absolute misery on her face.She had been sick all week with a cold and now badly needed a nap.Claire quickly paid for the coat and wheeled the grizzling toddler home. Katie was soon fast asleep after...
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