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Weekly Contest #290
The smell of daffodils„Just tell me!”“No!”“Why?! I have waited long enough! You always say you will tell me when the time is right, but it never is!” she yells and looks at me, eyes filled with expectation. I hold her gaze, adamant, and seeing it, she grows sad. She takes a deep breath before she says, “Please, I need to know. I am old enough to hear. Whatever it is, I need to know.”I look at her, not at all grown like she claims to be. What are her fifteen springs to my hundreds of years on this earth? She is barely an infant in my eyes. Ho...
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One thousand and three wishes He found it on his way to work. He liked to visit the old antique store before getting sucked into the whirlwind of unnecessary emails, long meetings and pointless discussions. The lamp looked weird and useless, yet he was drawn to it. He threw it in his bag with other pieces that had caught his eye, fought for a better price and won, and left the shop happy. Well, not really. Satisfied is a better word for it. He hadn’t felt happy in a long time.The day went by acceptably fast, considering the fact th...
Weekly Contest #218
I keep coming back to the sea. A scream comes but I push it back. I would drown in it if I didn’t. I hear waves crashing against the shore. Their uneasy whisper as they bend and break again and again, and again. I feel their icy breath on my skin on my way to work. I scan the products one by one, thankful for the hypnotizing “beep, beep, beep”, allowing me to switch off my mind and wander back to the time when everything was simpler and happy, and so much more beautiful. Warm sand beneath my feet. Sweet kisses against my lips. A steady han...
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