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Submitted to Contest #339
As an elderly musician, James Torit, looked outside the window in the hospital room he was staying in, he began to ponder about the choices he made in life. He thought about the good and the bad, and about what he could’ve done differently. His thoughts had been about his family almost consistently, and about what he could’ve done differently. It has been about seven months since he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The news had shattered him when he learned about it as knew that everything that he wanted to do, he could no ...
Submitted to Contest #338
In the fictional country of Ryeland in medieval Europe, a lonely servant is working alone. He had been given this job months ago and was willing to do it for little pay. As the cleaner for multiple rooms in a castle, his job was cleaning the floors and walls. Failing to do so or doing a lackluster job would mean both a beating and reduced wages. One night, he heard his lord and one of his bannermen talking. “My men are ready,” said the bannerman, “there are enough of us to campaign for a few years.” The lord seemed pleased to ...
Submitted to Contest #337
There once lived a wizard named Alan Rame in a kingdom named Farland. He wasn’t a wealthy wizard and lived in a modest home which consisted of a small garden for herbs and spices, and a hut that only had two rooms. Alan wasn’t discouraged by his living conditions as he was happy with his daily routine where he regularly tended his garden and picked herbs when they were ready. Even during bad harvests, he was able to survive by asking the animals of the forest to provide for him in times of need. Farland was a distant kingdom f...
Submitted to Contest #336
A businessman named Albert Hert invited his son, James, to a meeting at his office as he needed to speak to him about something urgent. His son was very surprised to be called to the meeting as this almost never happened. “What is the matter dad,” said James, “you are scaring me with all of the secrecy lately.” “Is there anything I can do to help you? I have been working here for about ten years, and I have never seen you like this.” His father finally gave an answer though he remained in a panicked state. “My son,” he said, “...
Submitted to Contest #335
On a cold Thursday night, a couple was walking on a windy night in a city named Nightmarsh. They were laughing and talking about a movie they had just seen and seemed to be having a good time. As they walked across the quiet neighborhoods of the city, they suddenly saw a dog barking. The man went to check on the dog as the dog seemed to be in distress. When the man approached the dog, he looked across the corner on Fang Street to see what the dog was barking at. When he finally got a good look at what it was, he jumped in surprise and horror...
Submitted to Contest #334
Journal Entry #1: 12/3/2067 Hello, my name is Claire Eastroad, and I am a horsewoman of the Eastern wastelands. It has been three decades since the bombs fell causing the apocalypse, and those who remain struggle to survive everyday. My job is to bring food and medicine to enclaves who continue to survive despite the harsh conditions. Everyday, I brave dust storms and raiders who try to steal my cargo. I have just been given a new task where I am to deliver a vital package across a ruined forest to an enclave bui...
Submitted to Contest #333
During WW2 in 1944, an American soldier is in France waiting for the enemy. His name was Timothy Roberts, and he had earlier faced the most harrowing moment in his tenure as a soldier. There was a grueling battle earlier as enemy artillery shells pounded his position for hours. He hid in the trenches for safety, knowing that at any moment, it could be his last one. Every moment of silence felt strange even after a few hours of the screams of war. There he could hear the rhythmic pounding of enemy artillery as earth and snow le...
Submitted to Contest #332
It begins with a storm, and not only a storm, the was a storm over an ocean, and every ship caught in its wrath would face a harrowing fate. Unfortunately for James Howard, who was a sailor on board the HMS Guardian, that was his unfortunate fate. As the thunder roared and the waves crashed, it looked more like something out of a horror novel than from something from real life. Even for a veteran sailor like him, this was a nightmare come to life as he fought to stay aboard the ship and not become thrown overboard by the winds and currents. ...
Submitted to Contest #331
It is 1943 during WW2 and the battle of Stalingrad had been raging for a few months. Among the people trapped in the apocalyptic battle is an unnamed Soviet soldier. Before, he was a farmer from a far away province of the Soviet Union. Now he was among the hundreds of thousands of soldiers batting in the desperate defense of the city. Everyday, he heard gunshots, falling shells and bombs, and it was difficult to tell whether it was from the enemy or from another Soviet unit. The chaotic nature of the battle made recognizing friend from foe d...
Submitted to Contest #330
In the not too distant past, there was a war that raged across countries, with entire cities being destroyed. Thousands of people were left homeless with refugees flooding any country that was not devastated by war. Among the thousands of fighters, a soldier named Alex Hunter was writing a letter. “I want you to know,” he wrote, “I am sorry that I have to say good-bye again, because today might be the day.” It had been a grueling campaign where the sound of machine guns was constant. Even worse, the soldiers feared something e...
Submitted to Contest #329
There was once an old man by the name of Howard Thomas who worked at a local department store. He was a friendly old man who enjoyed the company of the store’s customers and frequently told them about his adventures. One of his most frequent stories regarded a trip to a famous mountain named the Heavenpeak, even though in truth, he never made the trip. One day, a group of customers asked him to tell the story, and he happily obliged. “Alright, let me think,” he started, “alright, I was with my team, and we managed to reach th...
Submitted to Contest #328
The Local Healer In Europe during the medieval era, there lived a woman named Isabella Aarden who lived in a forest with the animals for company. The forest was vast with many different kinds of trees populating the area. Isabella often walked around the region, and gathered local herbs for both food and seasoning. She was able to brew different kinds of stew and drinks with the plants she collected. Isabella even said that she could lived completely on the forest alone, never needing to venture to the local town. ...
The Old Veteran There once lived an old veteran in a European country named Eraldo Aalmers who lived on a farm with his family. He was a hard-working old man who woke up everyday at 5:00 AM to work in his garden. Eraldo also took his grandchildren to school everyday where they learned mathematics and science at a local church. To his community, he was a hard-working and honest man who was a pillar of the community. He was also popular with his neighbors as he frequently hosted events at his church where he played games with th...
Submitted to Contest #326
Realization Mary Anne lived in a rather picture-esque marriage where she and her husband enjoyed a life without many worries. They were never hungry, and they never worried about being homeless. Her husband, James Alberts, worked as an accountant where he earned a respectable salary. Mary Anne often bragged to her friends about all the luxuries that she was able to buy with the money and that she was able to send her children to a competitive private school. Even though Mary didn’t have a career of her own, her husband assure...
Submitted to Contest #325
Walking with Shadows There was a young woman in California who lived in the San Francisco area. Her name was Sarah Wilson, and she was an aspiring student at a nearby university. She studied everyday and maintained a 3.5 GPA. She said that her parents were proud of her, and that they were going to buy her a new car for her birthday. Next year will be her final year at university, and then she would go on to finish her PhD at another school. As she walked along the Golden Gate Bridge, she could feel a cool breeze brush across h...
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