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Weekly Contest #360
"Happiness is power!" Owen told himself, as his sister checked his threads and hair gel for this vital first date. It was only ten minutes away, moments before everything could change for him. Owen was trying to look casual, clad in a new blue shirt, his best trousers, and his latest loafers. At the age of 25, he normally looked like the career-focused rising cadet financier he was. Compared to Primrose, his sister, Owen was the shy boy, reserved, goal orienteed, a virtual workaholic at that age.One evening, he had expressed a slight yearnin...
Weekly Contest #359
"He really likes you!" Madison told Kayla, as the two cousins eyed off the talent at the end of term party. They were both only fourteen years old, celebrating surviving the mid-year assessments, and ready for growing up. "Do you like him?" she continued, "He's hot.""Kinda like him," Kayla said, hoping that Kayla would glance at her instead of Ash. "Look, they're heading in our direction. I wanna mingle, not stay single."Kade and Ash were older men, already in final year of Secondary College. Kade had a car, he was mature enough to make any ...
Weekly Contest #358
Xander flung himself from the confrontation with his father, Sterling Collins. Being young and hotheaded, he disregarded all the warnings and advice. Xander was soon roaring down the roads leading away from his exclusive, secluded neighbourhood. He had been steadily drinking the afternoon away, fuming over his father's control freak mechanisms. He was young, he was free, he was going to own the town tonight. He pushed the engine of his impressive Kawasike motorcycle to its limits."Forget about him, he's a tyrant. Delete my old man to trash. ...
Weekly Contest #357
"It's lucky dip time. Come along and take your ticket to Bible Group!" Pastor Bruce was beaming at his flock of very assorted followers. The newly wed couple were only recently back from their honeymoon. They were praying to be in the same Bible Study Group, and the Good Lord heard their prayers."Group 4!" Braxton said, "What group are you in, honey?"His bride, Adele, smiled, excited, saying, "Yah, we're both in Group 4."They were such a fervent couple, they did a cuddle of thanks. They were looking forward to this golden stage of their mari...
Weekly Contest #356
Tash was all fired up with his trademark zeal. He had arrived, a long journey in his wheels, but he had reached the Town of the Littles. That is what his new boss and mentor had told him this medium small town was. Tash had listened to Pastor Rowan's urging, and taken this opportunity to become the Youth Pastor. It must be a central focus of God's plan for him, to venture away from his sheltered comfortable middle-class existence.Being Gen Z and proud of it, Tash was navigating his trip with his GPS. He drove past the welcome sign and the la...
Weekly Contest #355
"Cruise, relax, relax....." Tanith told herself, as she tried to glide around the wedding reception unnoticed. Since this was a same sex wedding, between two newly wed husbands, Tanith had adapted her hair colour and couture. She had been thrift shopping, and found a retro lavender satin frock with attractive draped sleeves. Over this she had added a silver sequinned bolero jacket. Her hair was a nice touch, after she had noted the colour of the planned wedding theme. Her hair was newly home styled, and shaded a riotous blend of purple and p...
Weekly Contest #354
"What you are experiencing is a range of complex emotions. Here is a script, something to take the edge off your distressing feelings. Take that to the pharmacist, after you sort the fee at the front desk there. Nice to catch up......."The good doctor turned away, being Dr. Siddy, a prescription machine for a conglomerate medical franchise. Before he could invite his next aging patient into his consulting room, his internal phone rang again, annoyingly. It was his new 30 year old beloved, Angelique Ha. Lately, she had been sounding more and ...
Weekly Contest #353
Roaring, the bulldozers were rolling on. The climate justice protestors, combined with the greenies and ecowarriors were chanting abuse. Some demonstrators lay down right in the path of the machines of forest destruction. The large yellow dozers had flattened vast areas of a fragile, unique old growth stand of those precious standing people, the ancient trees.Birds squawked, insects buzzed angrily, all seemed doomed. Young Jenna was there with some of the other upper secondary students. "This is our future. Stop right now!"The council worker...
Weekly Contest #352
"This is supposed to be Spring in the country!" Candice groaned silently, as the ribbon of dull grey asphalt road ahead seemed endless. Her sister, Montana, asked again, "Are we nearly there yet?" Their tired father did sigh, and said one more time, "I think it's only another hour before we reach the township of Dusty Hollow."Their mother was gazing straight forward, muttering, "We can see why it's called Dusty Hollow."Around them, the fields were red and bare, no crops and very few trees, only straggles of dry yellow spiky clumps of grass h...
Weekly Contest #351
Back in the classroom, Oliver lifted each page of a torture test, and stared in horror at Page 4. One of the girls raised her hand, and Mr. Zeke asked her what her problem was. "What's wrong with Page 4? There is a picture there, and no Maths question. What is the question for Page 4?"Tyson called rudely to Mr. Zeke, "Hey, that photo looks like Oliver with a beard on. What's that supposed to prove?""And look," Henry said, "There's a large dog paw print on it. Why does it say, Wanted?"Mr. Zeke took a second glance at his great Maths test. His...
Weekly Contest #350
Mysteries evolve and need solving. The lads enjoyed their trip to Eastville Shopping Complex. After Simon bought some late lunch for Oliver and Henry, they all went to the sports store to buy Oliver's state of the art joggers. They were all growing boys, their feet did keep growing too, quite fast. They finally wandered off to where Oliver's parents picked them up. No one let on about Simon meeting Poppy, that was a real secret, kept private between the boys.Sunday passed quietly, quite normally, so Oliver tried to put the Hidden Hound from ...
Weekly Contest #349
Rhiannon had been totally blindsided by her unexpected reduncancy. She was always regarded as one of the rising stars in her field of expertise. Until that afternoon, she had an acknowledged position in her career as a loans officer for a major bank in her land. Unfortunately, one by one, the branches had been closing down. No one, including Rhiannon, had been too keen to read the writing on the wall. The finance industry had been increasingly conducted online, as the digital world had centralized the roles of staff at any level.More than th...
Weekly Contest #348
Strangely, by the time Oliver and Henry had finished breakfast the next morning, the early fog had been wafted away by a sunny breeze. Saturday was for tennis. Oliver's coach had been trying to correct his footwork as he served. Oliver and Henry were playing in a doubles match to see it they were improving. Simon somehow won his vital contest against an older boy in Year 10. Oliver was excited, walking across the grassy park to the centre court. Henry could be very speedy around the court. Their parents were ready on the sidelines, with a co...
Weekly Contest #347
Another week had finished for Oliver and Henry. They were both 11 years old, and lived in the same street, only two doors away from each other. They had long ago become best friends in their first year at Eastville Holy Catholic School, which was right around the corner. It was a very handy place to muck around in on the weekends, in between Oliver's tennis lessons. He liked sports, and was not too bad at dreaming to be a Grand Slam Tennis champion, holding up a trophy. Because it was Friday night, Henry was having a sleepover at Oliver's. H...
Weekly Contest #346
Love might make her heart sing, but Jodi woke up on her milestone birthday, and sighed deeply. Here she was, now forty years old. She did not need to peek in the mirror to check the glowing wrinkles which crinkled around her eyes. Jodi tried not to fret, but she knew she had to front up to her mother's emotional blackmail, and script reading about her grandchildren. Jodi realised she did not have to keep thinking the same thoughts, and making the same responses. She just did, she felt trapped in a web of manipulation and comparison with her ...
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