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THE CRYSTAL DAISY an THE MINI HORSES IN THE PRAIERIE

Weekly Contest #157

THE CRYSTAL DAISY and THE MINI HORSES in THE PRAIRIE From some months in the house in front of Clara’s, which had remained uninhabited for years, after a terrible crime that had been committed there ____a child of three years had been killed by his mother, who smashed the child head with a pan _____Julie, an elegant and good-looking forty year woman had come to live with her daughter Angie, a little girl of nine years. Angie was very pretty, and she was also lame. She and Peter, Clara ‘s son, a little boy of eight years, had become f...

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AH, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED

Weekly Contest #155

AH, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED! He entered the bar out of breath, his hands in the pockets of his jeans, his T-shirt rolled up on his stomach, half uncovered. He squinted, he was not in his own ( he was not in himself) for the impatience to start telling us…oh, wonders. “ Ah, you don’t know, but sure, you can’t know! It happened a few minutes ago , as I was walking down the alley of the fools…and there was only me in the alley! Uh!” After that he , standing at the centre of the bar, wobbled, moving the support point of his body from one ...

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THE SHIRT FROM 1800s

Weekly Contest #154

THE SHIRT FROM 1800s It was so long that she not only hadn’t worn it, but she hadn’t even picked it up when, one night she dreamed of wearing just that shirt. In the ( her) dream she opened a door halfway ____maybe the door was that of the living room, maybe that of her parents’ bedroom____and, while she stood in the open half of the door, she could see herself , as if in a mirror, with that shirt on. Her mother too, who(m) she didn’t see, had to see her, because( since) she said to her : “NO, that shirt is no good. You can’t wear that shir...

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THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

Weekly Contest #153

THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER Oh, my God, that Cathy V. was at least a problematic person ( woman), that she was not suitable to her job , that she also had the easy slap with the children entrusted to her, this Zeta knew it well. In fact she was, for more than ten years, a mediator between the teachers, of the kindergarten The Sacred Heart and the parents of the children who attended the kindergarten. Cathy V. had also received disciplinary measures, she had even been suspended for a year from her work ( job). But, on, that now she, a terrible...

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TRUTH IS IN BLOOD

Weekly Contest #152

TRUTH IS IN BLOOD It had the appearance of a small temple, or rather a small chapel, surmounted as it was by a dome that resembled those of Palladio. The small chapel had been built by willing people of the town, with the collaboration of willing people of the nearby towns ( villages). Even from the beginning it was known it had been a place of prophecy , of predictions, that is , a kind of meeting place or club where people would go to ask about their future, yes, to have prophecies , or anticipations of what would happen to them in the ...

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AWAKENING AT DAWN

Weekly Contest #151

AWAKENING AT DAWN It was not yet daylight when Martha awoke from a night of agitated, confused dreams . She was exhausted. In her dreams of that night, which had just gone, she had always been fighting against overwhelming adversaries ( opponents), who towered over her, who she knew she could never defeat, as she knew she should fight as long as she could, even thought she would have to succumb in the end. Even though she knew she was going to be defeated, she would have to keep fighting without thinking, to keep fighting as if she coul...

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THE WHISTLE of THE MUTE DUCK

THE WHISTLE OF THE MUTE DUCK Cyril Theodor Machiavelli , he was an electronic engineer, and a biochemical, a lover of molecular biology and robotics, a scholar of the evolution, especially regarding animals and plants. He was also an archeologist, who had taken part in excavations in Central Asia and in Mexico, which had led to important discovers of past, ancient civilizations. So, when he had undertaken the realization of that true wonder that was his Carol he had been able to use all the uncommon knowledge he had. As seeing her, the...

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THE BEAR WARNING

Weekly Contest #150

THE BEAR WARNING Peter rushed into the building. He was already late for the appointment he had with Lady Zarlic, also known as the Tsarina, who was waiting for him on the 17th floor. There were three elevators in that building of fifty floors. As soon as Peter came in the entrance, he noticed , with a glance to their red light, that two of them were going up. So he headed for the third, which had a green light. It was only when he reached out and he was about to press the button to call the elevator that Peter noticed that one, which ...

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THAT FLICKERING OF LIGHT ON THE TOP OF THE HILL

Weekly Contest #149

THAT FLICKERING OF LIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL “ Are you still here? Come on, it’s time to go to bed! Remember, you have to go to school at morning. You must be up at seven. I will certainly not let you lay in bed, if you are sleepy “ Diane spoke standing on the door, she did not move towards Emily, who was standing for more than an hour at the living room window, ( with) her elbows resting on the sill, her face between her hands. She seemed completely absorbed in what she was looking at ( out of the window). Emily had even put on her...

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THE GHOST OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING IN VIA ARIOSTO

Weekly Contest #148

THE GHOST OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING IN VIA ARIOSTO Gaetano had begun to frequent that apartment building as a young man, when he was ( had been) a door-to-door salesman, first of encyclopedias, then of household cleaning products, then of kitchen utensils. That five storey building, divided into apartments ___on each floor there were four apartments____had been built in the seventies of the twentieth century. Then in the following decades, the area had thickened with other, taller, more modern buildings. However he, Gaetano, had continu...

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WAITING IN DARK

Weekly Contest #147

WAITING IN DARK When she realized that one, she knew had followed her, had entered the room where she was sitting, the rather shabby room of a cinema club in the suburbs, despite knowing that if she had gone to sit two rows farther from the screen, she should have to put on her glasses, not to mention that , moving to change row and seat, she would inevitably miss some moments of the film she liked so much, to which she was paying a spasmodic attention, ( well) Keith had stood up and, walking hunched over, so as not to prevent those sitting...

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THE WHEEL OF THE MILL

Weekly Contest #146

THE WHEEL OF THE MILL The building had been abandoned for years . It was rather ruined. The plaster was peeling and falling apart , leaving the bricks in the open. ( exposed) The roof tiles were broken. The windows, without the shutters and even the glass, looked like empty holes. It had been a water mill for almost half a century. The driving wheel was still on the stream, where however no water was flowing since long time. Attached to the mill there were the miller’s house. After the death of the miller, who had remained to live there (...

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THE ONE MISSING STAR

Weekly Contest #145

THE ONE MISSING STAR “ Do you see how he got dressed, our very dear friend? Oh, I say, at least, he could spare us the sight of those disgusting hairs on his beautiful muscular legs…..All he had to do was wear an ankle-length skirt, if he didn’t want to shave” Marilda , she laughed heartily, even though she pretended to be disgusted by how he showed up at the masked ball, he, Teddy Boy, their friend Alice’s boyfriend. Kate remained silent , her eyes glued to the skirt Teddy Boy was wearing. She looked at him, while he was dancing. It wasn’...

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THE FACE IN THE DARK ROOM

Weekly Contest #144

THE FACE IN THE DARK ROOM Mark Ross, a bank clerk , liked very much taking pictures. He was a real enthusiast of the shot. Indeed it can be said that he couldn’t help but photograph. At home he had a well- equipped laboratory for developing the photos he took during his travels , during the holidays ( vacations), but even those he took on the street of his city every day as soon as he could, as soon as he glimpsed someone or something to frame, to capture in a photo. So it was ( had been) a more than welcome surprise ,even exciting, that r...

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MOUSE and THE LAME PIGEON

Weekly Contest #143

MOUSE and THE LAME PIGEON “ Of course , from a cat called Mouse you can expect at least something unusual, extravagant…But this then I would never have expected !“ Anita said, as soon as she came back home. “ “What has Sofia’s cat been up to?” Her mother asked, while she was checking the cooking of the chicken in the casserole. “ Ah, remember” her mother added, holding up the fork with which she had pricked the meat of the chicken “ you must remember that it was Sofia who called that poor cat Mou...

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