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Weekly Contest #363
A woman sits cross-legged on a stony beach. Her form is hunched, as though the weight of her head is pulling her toward the wet stones. Jagged rocks push into her body, at war with her bones. Salty wind whips at her hair, tugs at her clothes. On the horizon, obsidian clouds are rolling inland, the ocean responding with sharp white peaks. As the first pelts of icy rain make landfall, chilling her skin, she closes her eyes.When she opens them, a door is standing freely on the shore to her right, attached to nothing. It’s barely ajar with light...
Weekly Contest #362
Knock, knock. Gwen froze. She looked at her closed apartment door, her hands hovering over a throw pillow. She stood and took a deep breath. I’ve fluffed these pillows within an inch of their life, they’re fine. She quickly surveyed her apartment. Everything was tidied: the green velvet couch she’d picked up at a used furniture store, the tiny round table with two chairs in the middle of the room that served as her dining space, the old kitchen tucked into the corner on the far side of the room. She turned on the lamp beside the couch. Th...
Weekly Contest #347
A small rambler sits on a large plot of land in a tiny town far away from other people. On the mailbox at the very end of the dirt road leading to the rambler are two names, chipped and written in sloppy cursive: Cecilia and Maeve. Mother and daughter, respectfully. Cecilia is, to her core, a mother. She nurtures, protects, tends to. She’s been this way for as long as she can remember. Maeve is seventeen and on the precipice of her life. Homeschooled with ten other kids, she’s learned everything she can from them, the town, and her mother...
Weekly Contest #345
I closed the car door, my leather computer bag sitting on my lap. My feet, already uncomfortable in a pair of modest nude heels, were shoved to the side to avoid old wrappers and fast food bags that littered the floor of the car. I put my seatbelt on and wrapped my arms around my bag, not wanting to rest them on any other surface of my sister’s ancient Honda Accord. I’d already had to lay a clean towel down on the seat to save my navy pantsuit from a questionable stain. My sister fell into the driver’s seat, blowing a big pink bubble with h...
Weekly Contest #344
The end of the old woman’s life was very near. She could feel it. Her breathing came in slow, uneven waves. She heard the beeping of machines keeping her comfortable and the faint hum of voices outside the door. Flowers sat on a table across the room. They were beautiful but impersonal — a kindness from strangers given to a woman who had the misfortune of outliving everyone she loved. She closed her eyes and wondered. Could she do it? One last time? She was ready to die, but she wished for one last visit. One last memory. She had to try. Sl...
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