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Noa L

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Take Your Resolutions Seriously, Lest It Turn Into Something Unpleasant

Noa L

Submitted to Contest #179

Last year, when I had sat down with my family and we'd written down our resolutions, I took it as seriously as I had every year before that. Meaning, I didn't care whatsoever. I wrote down a few things, some simple, some funny, and a few more serious, but I never expected myself to actually act on what I had written down. But now that it's New Years Eve I can't get over the incredibly intense feeling of anxiety that is filling me with the sense that if I don't complete every resolution I made for this year, something bad is going to happen. ...

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101st Line

Noa L

When Eris Nightingale left her apartment nearly fifteen minutes past when she should’ve because her alarm hadn’t gone off and she had burned herself by spilling coffee all over her hand while rushing to get out the door, she was positive that the day couldn’t get much worse.  She ran down the steps of the subway, sprinting towards the platform. Her footfalls were highlighted by the flickering light from a street lamp. It was dark, but this didn’t bother her, she was used to the pre-dawn silence. The train was sitting there, its doors o...

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Follow Your Orders

Noa L

Submitted to Contest #135

“Phee.”  “Phee it’s time to wake up.”  “Phee!” “Goddamit Phee would you just wake up?!” I yelled, more worried than angered but I couldn’t help the immediate response. It was nearly noon, the sun filtering through the crystal skylights and casting rainbows about the room.  Phee was princess of the human kingdom of Valda, and I was her maid servant. I didn’t exactly like the job and the only reason I took it was because I would die if I didn’t. I was a fugitive from the crown. The first reason for that was my heritage. I wa...

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