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Weekly 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...
Weekly 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...
Weekly 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...
Weekly 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...
Weekly 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 ...
Weekly 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...
Weekly 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...
Weekly 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...
Weekly 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, ...
Weekly 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 ...
Weekly 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 ...
Weekly 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...
Weekly Contest #317
It was another beautiful Saturday for Cayden, at home. Just then, "Cayden!" his mother called to him."Yeah, what?" Cayden the puny wimp answered from his upstairs bedroom. "Get in the car right now, we're going to the shops to buy your shoes and some books. Get you off that phone.""Oh, do I have to?" Caydent was busy enbancing his devices, developing his own programs. "Ask Jaz and Cuz to come too, we'll have lunch in the food court. Maybe a movie, if you three behave yourselves, for once.""Now you're talking," Cayden quickly texted his two b...
Weekly Contest #316
Cayden's father laughed like a hoon, saying loudly, "Twits on tour!" The family car left the driveway, as Cayden did roll his eyes, as he yelled, "Plant the foot, Dad." His Dad zoomed away from home, this was a boys' own adventure approaching. Cayden had already switched on his digitally enhanced phone, while his two best mates, Cuz and Jaz, were listening to their music.The three boys in the back seat all grinned and gave his Dad the thumbs up. They were off! Summer holidays were here again. It was time for summer shorts, swimmers, T-shirt...
Weekly Contest #315
Antara had accepted embarrassing some hours ago. Here, at her debut evening, the long hours had ticked by till midnight, and her parents could take her home. Antara was their youngest offspring, the ugly sister who had never developed into a swan, as she was still encased in her puppy fat. Her expensive frock made her look like a barrage balloon.As if that was not bad enough, Antara's one and only friend at her devout school had confided that she was three months pregnant, and a hasty wedding was being arranged. That was the end of their pla...
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