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Loola K

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Loola K

Submitted to Contest #335

I was sitting there, hoping no one would come talk to me. Which was stupid, because I came to the reunion. So why did I want to avoid everyone now?I came to observe, not to mingle. I am fascinated by humans and their behavior. I wanted to see where my classmates ended up and whether they had become exactly what I’d known they would.I watched how people entered the room. Who scanned for familiar faces immediately and who hesitated near the door, pretending to check their phones. Who smiled before they were spoken to. Who waited to be acknowle...

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Fairy Tale Gone Bad

Loola K

Submitted to Contest #318

The Prophecy:Hella tied the last strap on Victor’s armor. The metal shone like water in the sun. She checked every buckle and ring. The leather creaked under her fingers. She kept her face calm, though her hands trembled. This was the day she had prayed for since childhood. The day the prince would slay the dragon. The day the road through the mountains would open again. The day the kingdom would breathe. She told herself her own life did not matter, not if she could help him win.The night before, she had sat with her parents by the hearth. ...

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Fair Work for Fairy Folk

Loola K

Submitted to Contest #314

Annie was 21 and a waitress. She didn’t hate it. It was just a job. The kind of job you get when you finish high school, don’t have a plan, and need rent money. She had a lot of imagination, but not much follow-through. She thought about doing everything—studying literature, working with animals, writing a book, becoming a florist. But none of those ever moved past daydreams. They all required a kind of energy Annie wasn’t sure she had. So she waited tables and stayed afloat.One late August night, she got home after a long shift. Her apartme...

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The Expath Chronicles: Conversations with Ghosts

Loola K

Submitted to Contest #305

(Sensitive content: grief)It hit me in the middle of a bustling street in a new city—I was utterly and completely lost.It was a simple mistake—a wrong turn, a missed landmark—but the feeling went deeper than that. I'd lived in multiple cities, mastered metro systems in foreign languages, crossed continents. Getting lost didn't scare me.But this time, it stirred something else: a quiet ache.I missed the kind of place where I couldn't get lost. Where even with my eyes closed, I knew every crack in the pavement. A village tucked between green h...

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Kindness at Gate 4

Loola K

Submitted to Contest #302

In these uncertain times—when people grow more divided, fear dominates the headlines, and kindness feels rare—it’s more important than ever to remember the stories that remind us there is still good in the world. Sometimes, it even comes from a stranger.This story happened to me after more than 20 hours of travel and two long-haul flights from Australia. Anyone who’s taken such a journey knows the relief that floods in when you're close to home. We had landed in Milan, just one short flight to Budapest left before I could collapse into my ow...

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THE WOMB™ - instructions included

Loola K

Submitted to Contest #301

Instruction Manual:⚠️ CLASSIFIED SPECIES MOD: THE WOMB™DomestiTech Systems // User Manual v3.6.1FOR CIVILIAN USE ONLYDo not deploy in executive spaces, server rooms, or leadership pipelines.PRODUCT OVERVIEWThe WOMB™ is a high-compliance humanoid unit engineered for domestic containment and emotional labor production. Designed to adapt seamlessly into patriarchal environments, this model provides stability, biological reproduction, and exceptional in-group self-policing. Obedient by design, decorative by expectation, and dispensable by system...

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The Inheritance of Silence

Loola K

Submitted to Contest #298

Act I — Inheritors of the WoundIn a distant spiral arm of the Lyrian galaxy spun a violet-hued world named SOLURETHIA, a planet of haunting beauty and unbearable inheritance.From the moment they drew breath, every living being on SOLURETHIA bore more than flesh and blood. They carried pain. Not merely their own, but the echoing grief, terror, sorrow, and agony of generations before them. It lived in their bones, burned behind their eyes, whispered in their sleep.The sky shimmered with a strange aurora—what the elders called The Veil—a byprod...

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A Day of Pawsomeness

Loola K

Martha woke up five minutes before her alarm clock and felt genuinely well-rested, which was very rare for her. She stretched and looked outside. The sun was shining brightly. What a great way to start the weekend!This week had been rough: she lost her job, and it felt like the weather mimicked her inner feelings. It had been gloomy the whole week.But today was different. She felt energized and had made lots of plans for how she was going to spend the day. She decided she wouldn’t let the universe affect her mood and dictate how to live her ...

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Cosmic Light Guardian

Loola K

Chapter 1: The Lonely Lighthouse KeeperShe sighed, feeling the weight of her solitude pressing down on her. Life in the lighthouse was lonely, especially during storms like this one. There were no neighbors to chat with, no friends to visit, just endless days spent tending to the beacon that guided ships safely through the treacherous waters.Making her way downstairs to the cozy kitchen, Luna set about preparing a pot of tea to warm herself up. She moved with a slow, deliberate pace, the routine of her solitary life etched into every movemen...

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Paths Within the Archway

Loola K

I just moved into the new city. The air buzzed with excitement and possibility, every street corner holding the promise of a new adventure. New city, new job, new opportunity —it all felt within reach, yet the prospect of change stirred a blend of exhilaration and fear within me. What if this is a mistake and I’ll be repeating the same pattern over and over again?Anyway, not everything is under my control, but I can control few things, so I decided to take up morning running. That summer morning at 6 am, when the city was quiet and the ...

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