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Submitted to Contest #313
Smoke. It was a smell you could find in almost any country, city or even street. Smoke was heavy, unmistakable, a defining entity from everything it stood beside. It could envelop you, enter you, stand at a distance or rush at you like an avalanche. Smoke never spared anything either, and rather than resist it, the victims of smoke would weave their essence into the thick, black plumes and become a force all its' own. And though it seemed that smoke would leave eventually, it was never too far away. It would come back again, unleash its' hav...
Submitted to Contest #296
Please note: this story contains themes that illudes to sexual harassment and/or sexual violence. "According to him, I'm beautiful, incredible! Everything he ever wanted..." I had my headphones in when Joanne came over. Doing homework, skimming an article about some movie that was going to film scenes in Brighton, then back to homework. Trying to sludge my way through questions about the Cornish Rebellion that could only be answered through reading the first, two chapters of our textbooks. Thank God we had EBook versions or I would've gone c...
Submitted to Contest #215
I chose the table in the corner, in a canopy of shadows. It always had to be a corner, a nook, or some spot where I wouldn't be so noticed. Not because I wasn't much to look at. In the right light, with a more sultry attitude, I daresay I might've had at least one or two men, asking me for a dance. And I could certainly give them a run for their money. But this wasn't a night for cheap thrills and a placid foxtrot. Everything around this meeting had been planned out ahead of time. The seedy cocktail bar, the day on which they played German m...
Submitted to Contest #47
I knew I'd find him there. Out of all the places he could've fled to and the ones he often used to, the school gym was just the obvious choice. I didn't run after him. After three months of freedom thus far I still lacked the strength. I just walked. Besides, I figured he needed a few minutes to himself after what just happened. It was a bad idea to take him out so soon-he wasn't coping in the same way the rest of us were. Briana was already studying for her nursing degree, maman was making dresses from home, Antoinette had a job at the regi...
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