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Lawrence Cromwell

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Write a story in which a decision cannot be undone.

Weekly Contest #367

THE FINAL DECISION ABOUT CREATIVE ACTS        By Lawrence Cromwell “This is the decision I’ve prepared my whole life to make. It will affect all of our kind who are now living and all who come after us,” Jador announced to himself. He knew that the consequences of the decision he was preparing to manifest would fall directly on his head now but could either break a chain of unbelievably horrific suffering which extended back into antiquity now or extend the heartless behavior visited on his kind o...

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MORE DISTANT THAN I COULD IMAGINE, BUT I LOVE HER!

Weekly Contest #337

Our relationship began as so many do, online, but turned into a fly-by love affair. My heart was immediately captured by her message because of her refreshingly unique introduction. Her message was concise, but it said everything to me: “For me, you alone are my destiny.” Even though this message completely captured my heart and “Love Conquers All” had always been my philosophy, I realized that there could never be a meeting between us, and our love was destined to be fleeting at best. I replied, in the best way to sum up my feelings: “My lo...

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Impenetrable

Weekly Contest #320

“IMPENETRABLE”When Tom was young, he enjoyed running track more than any other exercise he knew. That was true mostly because he was just naturally good at running, and it didn’t require much thinking. When his class was told by his physical education teacher to run a certain distance, he would just start running along with the others until he reached the finish line. It was an uninspiring and painful exercise and he would only put forward the minimum amount of effort to finish. He was good at it, but not great. It wasn’t fun to run until ...

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A Gift of Change

Weekly Contest #281

I wasn’t expecting any gifts at all, which didn’t bother me. Why would it? I really didn’t fit into this group of mid-twenties elites. I was easily five years older than most of them, and I certainly didn’t fit into their glamorous lifestyle. So, what was I even doing there? Certainly, not thinking clearly. I was there against my better judgment because of my girlfriend, who was in their age group and income level and had wanted to meet and greet her friends, and I didn’t want her to reject me based on my greater age and lack of the amount o...

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Bait and Switch

Weekly Contest #270

BAIT AND SWITCH Jessy was on pins and needles as she anticipated the arrival of her ex-best friend from high school, whom she hadn't seen in almost a dozen years. She still wondered whether this meeting was a good idea or not. She knew that it would be awkward to meet Anna after their abrupt parting following their unfortunate encounter on the night of the Senior Prom. For over three years, until that night, the two had been almost inseparable, BFFs. When they met in the ninth grade, they had each transferred into Grant High School from dif...

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