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Weekly Contest #186
My left fingers tap, so then my right fingers tap. This time on the steering wheel. I always skip the pinky and go from the ring to the pointer. Everything must be even and symmetrical, so that the chaos does not ensue. I hit a pothole on the right side. That makes seven on each side. Each makes on seven side that. My left fingers tap, so then my right fingers tap. I turn on my left blinker, check my mirrors, and look over my shoulder before changing lanes. Then I wait for the green light to allow me to turn into the store parking lot. When...
Weekly Contest #149
Note: this story contains foul language. The lights in the dorm room flickered over Ronald’s chemistry homework. The room was suddenly an entire shade darker on this chilly, New England evening in the middle of November. Ronald looked up to see the overhead lights were slowly fading until there was no light in the room, except for an ever brightening red he could see out of the corner of his light brown eyes. Ronald swiveled his head in the direction of the red light and let out a very high-pitched yell for a boy nearing twenty. ...
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