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Weekly Contest #343
I picked up his gun without thinking and pulled back the slide, dropping one bullet on the floor. The light ‘thud’ of the bullet was so miniscule, in comparison to everything else going on, I almost didn’t hear it. “Get your fucking hands off my motha!” I screamed so goddamn hard it was a miracle it cut through the shouting of three fully grown adults. I barely ever held a gun before this moment and I didn’t know much about them. The first I knew was to always treat a gun like it’s loaded. My buddy who loves guns says that to me all the time...
Weekly Contest #341
“I’m sorry dear, do I know you?” Her words cut through me. I had a terrible feeling in my stomach. The day I need wanted to come finally came. “No”, I said. “I was just walking by. It was nice to meet you. I hope I can talk to you again.” “Oh that would be nice, you seem really nice.” I turned and walked away silently crying. That moment she was no longer my mother. The dementia took over and destroyed all the memories of her only daughter. The nurse I spoke to before prepared me and thank God she did or I would’ve not handled that situa...
When I was a younger man, I had been in the city more often than I was now, I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to work overseas, and I made sure to make the most of it. It didn’t pay well, I had too much work, and the people were terrible, and loved it. I took all the work I could during the week and stayed up all night to get it done. Regardless of whether it was a simple task, like copying files, or something trickier, like “Hey, we need these 3,000 pages scanned online and a summary made into a PowerPoint no more than 25 slides ...
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