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Submitted to Contest #299
The day my mom left for the fat farm, dad wore his new toupee. I now see that the two events were related, but back then i didn't see it that way. The way I saw it, fat farms and toupees didn't have much in common. They were totally separate things. But I was wrong. The fat farm was located in Canada somewhere. My mom weighed 250 pounds and, according to the doctor, if she didn't lose the weight, her organs might start to fail. She didn't want to go, but she had no choice. She needed those organs.One night, while I was lying in the lower bu...
Submitted to Contest #252
By Jim KokorisCategory: Humor He crossed the street in the middle of the block, then doubled back south in the direction he had just come. He next jumped on the 7:30 campus bus, making sure to grab a window seat so he could keep watch. Nothing. A clear coast. When the bus came to a stop he got off and took the 7:45 campus bus, this one taking him downtown. He got off and, after surveying the area and deeming it safe, waited for yet another bus, which drop...
Submitted to Contest #251
The Last ChapterCategory Prompt: A story about a Lost ManuscriptBy Jim Kokoris So it was good. More than good. Sitting on the dusty floor of the attic, his back against the dusty wall, he had to admit that. Accept that. While reading the first four chapters, his surprise had turned into amazement, before morphing into full throttle astonishment. Mother’s book about a young Southern woman living on a plantation in post-Civil War Alabama was Gone with the Wind excellent. Its mere existence defied belief. He knew, of course, that Mot...
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