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Submitted to Contest #332
"There's gold in them thar hills...." Drew laughed, he was now a middle-aged father of three sons, but he could hear echoes of his old grandfather. He was preparing for a weekend away, camping with his wife, Livvy. He had brought all his family metal detectors, always hoping to strike it lucky. He just knew he could somehow locate a great gold nugget in the far away mountain ranges. Perhaps one of his family might uncover a gold reef that the old timers could never access, so long ago. Drew paused for a minute, and imagined being the owner o...
Submitted to Contest #331
"Is this sleet turning into snow?" Summer asked herself, peering through her struggling windscreen wipers. Then, realising she was talking to herself, she sighed, "At last!". She heaved some relief, as she finally turned onto the freeway exit to head to her grandma's house. Thanksgiving in her family ritually meant a gathering of the clan, despite the hazards of driving and catching flights in all the seasonal, almost winter, torrential rain or dumps of snow.Summer's olden jalopy had been making some strange and eerie noises under the hood, ...
Submitted to Contest #330
Chloe-Louise definitely felt the need to defend herself. Here she was again, the older sister, with her brothers and parents. They were having their usual family dinner at the burger chain store in town. It was sounding like bedlam, kids shrieking and running around. It was the best place to have a family meal, friendly, lots of toppings to choose for the grilled burgers and giant ice cream sundaes for dessert.It was also the place for the teens to get a job, and meet up after sports training. This time, for once, some of the cool teenagers ...
Submitted to Contest #329
It all began and ended for Annalise at Hearthrob Hotel. It was the latest on-trend hospitality and function centre in the big smoke. The contest to be a Personal Assistant and Receptionist for the latest finance manager had been very keen. The interview panel had reviewed the candidates face to face in a minor, well=appointed meeting room there in the Hearthrob Hotel. It was right across the road from the luxuriously appointed head office of BEX. This was a dynamic funding and banking firm, a worldwide centre for hard working, driven executi...
Submitted to Contest #328
CW: Substance abuse, mental health Sunset beamed its glory over the floral tributes for Asher. Several mourners were still openly grieving the demise of an iconic gospel muso and songwriter. There stood Benjamin, old buddy, with his son at his side, and also his wife. Kelsey had on a bitter face, full of regrets, and so did Benjamin. He was reflecting on all that joint history, from the time he had first met Asher in primary school.The two lads and Kelsey had attended a Christian college, with formal discipline and firm teachings. Kelsey had...
Submitted to Contest #327
It was a glorious day, on Earth and Heaven divine. Mrs. Bridget Flaherty had woken up as a golden soul, on the other side of midnight. She was still wearing her football scarf, wrapped in her shroud. She did get a modest sendoff, after the Holy Rosary and Final Blessing. Her shade had wandered round her wake, with a roaring thirst on her, as all her long lost family of freeloaders had drunk her liquor cabinet."No use grumbling, there's always someone worse off..." Bridget told herself, as she lined up in the retinue waiting at the pearly ga...
Submitted to Contest #326
"Tips for modern witches...." Alanna laughed, as she was reading her latest uploaded blog, wondering how she was going to practise all these good ideas. First, she had to light a scented candle, after engraving her name and an upward headed arrow. Then she had to wish for manifests of positive people and events. Right, for a thirty years old divorcee, that sounded eminently doable. She definitely had a stash of lovely scented candles, so she followed the instructions. She sat in solitude, wishing for the divine moon in the pre-dawn to send h...
Submitted to Contest #325
The cool breeze billowed through her gauzy curtains, she shivered, then giggled, "Destiny is waiting," as she clicked off her phone. Destiny is waiting for all chicks, the nineteen year old named Destiny reflected. She checked her make up in the mirror, and grabbed her clutch bag with all she needed for a party hen night. Her best friend, Kelsey, had just got engaged.Destiny was a tall girl, she had loved her sport when she was a younger teenager, being a hopeful basketballer. This was her gap year, and she was enjoying it, deciding whether ...
Submitted to Contest #324
"Piper is very well-adjusted." She had often read or heard that from her teachers right through her journey in the education system. Piper had always felt the need to tick all those boxes to be highly regarded. Now she had finally scraped through the final exams, she wondered if those remarks had protested too much. What about, exactly?Piper had two mummies, Jodie and Harper. Jodie was her birth mother, and had two children with different sperm donors. Harper had long ago transitioned by taking testosterone, stopped menstruating, and had a b...
Submitted to Contest #323
It was daydreaming time again. Brooke sat down, it was her ritual now, musing at the ruins of her carpet in her formerly spotless home. She had been a total doormat, dogsitting her sister's large hairy hound for the past holiday month. Hours after her sister had collected the dog, Brooke was still gazing at the mess. Dog biscuit crumbs, fluffy clumps of dog fur. There were suspicious stains that might have been puddles deposited by a a male dog, under cover of darkness. That adorable naughtikins had even wiped his butt on the beige carpet se...
Submitted to Contest #322
Shelby finally sat down, after saying good night to her babysitter for nine year old, Ariana. The taxi and fee for her reliable neighbour meant Shelby now had specks of dust remaining in her purse. It was only the day after she had taken her earnings from her steady job as an assistant manager in the best restaurant in town. Due to her obligations, Shelby mostly worked lunchtimes and the early evenings, long hours on her feet, pleasing her customers and ordering supplies of food and liquor. She had to keep the chefs happy too, most importan...
Submitted to Contest #321
Marley was attempting to eat her breakfast, despite the large knot of anxiety which had developed in her abdomen. This would be the hardest day so far, her first day on the school bus to travel to her new Secondary School. It was mid-way through the term, she would know no one and have no one to sit with at lunchtime. Her father had shifted the family to this lower class home, due to a new job. He had been retrenched from his last position, and had already driven off to work, keen not to be sacked again.Marley's mother was bustling around, ...
Submitted to Contest #320
Once upon childhood, a little boy named Jimmy wandered away from his family at a wildlife sanctuary. His Dad joked that he was only taking his wildlife to visit other wildlife. Jimmy was around nine years old. He had giggled, but his big sister, Tiarna, had rolled her eyes, saying, "You're so not funny, Dad."Tiarna often told Jimmy that he was their parents' mistake, so he was not supposed to annoy her. At the wilderness refuge in the forest, it was a blazing, scorching hot day. Jimmy decided to stroll away from his Mum and Tiarna, who was ...
Submitted to Contest #319
"Oh, why me?" Amara Jade muttered again, as she heard her mother calling her again."Amara Jade, what are you doing in your room all day? Come here, right now!"Amara Jade was sulking, again. Nothing was the same any more. Her father had left her behind as he vanished one day. Now her mother had divorced him, and was working full time in a day care centre for preschoolers. She thought she knew everything about kids.But Amara Jade was no longer her mother's little mini me. She was fourteen years old. She did not want to be in her new school in ...
Submitted to Contest #318
Stampede, or it felt like it could be. Caro had made it on time to Railway Central, but there was thick grey smoke lingering in the air. People were trying to turn back to reach the top exits, the commuter trains were all cancelled, ramped up in rows. No one was getting anywhere near their home suburbs that night in any hurry. "Stop panicking!" Caro tried to tell herself, as she could feel the familiar gasping for breath of her mostly forgotten anxiety disorder. Finally, she arrived at the exit, and started wondering how to get home. The neo...
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