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Submitted to Contest #105
I knew he was a main character from the second he walked in the door. His name was Spencer for God’s sake, it doesn’t get more obvious than that. My name’s basic Max, it’s not even cool like Drew or Chris, just your run of the mill Max. It doesn’t get any more non-main charactery than that. I have a perfectly boring family: a father who works all day and watches TV all night, a mother who cooks and makes us do our homework, and finally an annoying little sister. I mean, we even have a dog, named Spot. We go to church on Sundays and Gr...
Submitted to Contest #104
“Are you coming tonight?” Ranger raised his eyebrows with the question. We were saying goodbye after raking my leaves all morning. I contemplated the invitation for a moment. It was Friday, a good day to change habits, right? Why not. “Yeah.” I nodded my confirmation and he grinned, wide and goofy. “Alright, see you later!” Ranger waved, jogging to his red pickup. The rest of my afternoon passed quickly and quietly. I milled about my apartment doing odd chores and activities. Before leaving the house, I debated which shirt to wear for twen...
Submitted to Contest #103
High school: the land of stigma. The stereotypes run rampant, like racoons in in a landfill; it’s a field day. Anyone and everything is fair game. There’s Spider Mike who rides his Spider-bike, a ten-speed decked out to the T for Spiderman. Squishy is this girl who stepped or gum with her brand-new Vans, she only got the nickname cause she freaked out about it trying to pay Freddie Hawker to scrape it off. Pencil boy is Brady Guffaw, twin to the valedictorian, he can’t seem to remember a pencil, ever, whether or purpose or by accident no one...
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