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Weekly Contest #192
On the day the stranger arrived, Doug and Darryl sat outside on their rocking chairs in silence. It was a mild, cloudless day, and after decades of running an antique shop, there was no need for conversation. They sat outside together, and that was enough. As they sat, a small, red car pulled up. The sun cast a glare on the windshield, making it impossible to see the driver. It rolled to a stop in their gravel parking lot, the stones crunching beneath its tires. The door opened, and a stranger stepped out. From their clothes and the way ...
Weekly Contest #169
Pumpkin guts laid strewn across the table. Trash bags served as a tablecloth for easy cleanup, and the knives were destined for the dishwasher. The only evidence that would remain of this mutilation was the Jack-O-Lantern sitting at the edge of the table with his devilish smile. All in all, it was a rather typical October scene. Or rather, it would have been if it weren’t for the very human guts strewn across the floor. Police were packed into my apartment, and across the room, my downstairs neighbor entered my apartment. She introduced he...
Will you look? His shadow eclipses yours. Your first thought was that it was the graveyard gardener, and you started to turn around, but then you heard it. The distinctive clicks and the wind that whistles through him. You heard it, and you knew. You knew it was him. And you know better than to look. You don’t have a shadow anymore. When he moves and reveals the places your shadow used to be, it feels like a piece of you has been stolen. But you won’t look and allow him to steal anything else. Your stomach twists and flips and your eyes bu...
Weekly Contest #167
Sweet DreamsbyKaya MonnI jolt awake. What a crazy dream. Rubbing my bleary eyes, I pull myself out of bed and lurch like a zombie to the bathroom.Locked.“Come onnn, hurry up! I’ve gotta pee!”“Urgghhggh!”“Rebecca!” My mom yells from another room. “Hurry up and give your brother a chance to use the bathroom!”I decide to give the door a couple strong slams with my fist for good measure before flopping against it when, to my surprise, it swings open, and I fall face first into a patch of grass.I must’ve tripped getting off the bus. Pushing mysel...
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