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Weekly Contest #70
The Horrible Mistake By Perry Terrell The plane was scheduled to leave on time, but Callie was running late. She was a last minute person anyway and things always worked out in her favor. So she thought by the time she get to the check in and screening site, there shouldn’t be a line. This was a very small airport and there were not many people flying out of it anyway. Callie only had a carry-on bag and a covered cage with her cat. The fellow that was doing the screening and x-raying the bags was also one of the flight attendants. His na...
Weekly Contest #64
Happy To Get Away By Perry Terrell BOARDING SCHOOL ??? Julia was stunned. That is what she heard when she walked in the living room while her mother and step dad were talking. “Who’s going to boarding school, Julia asked. Her mother was speechless and looking sheepish because, first of all, she did not want to be that far apart from her daughter and, secondly, she had promised Julia that the three of them were going to be a very happy and loving family. She had told her that her step dad, Jasper Joe Hinckley, loved children and they would g...
Weekly Contest #58
News At Noon By Perry Terrell Chucky Granger’s mom and dad won enough money at the Golden Strike Casino to buy a house in the suburbs. It wasn’t the finest house out there, but it was a thousand percent better than the three room apartment they were living in on Mission Street in the city. They moved next door to Mia August and her family who had been in the same house since her parents got married twenty-five years ago. Their house wasn’t the finest either, but it was par for the rest of the community. At first glance, when Chucky saw M...
Weekly Contest #42
He Thought He Was Never Mine By Perry Terrell It was love at first sight for Krista Porter and Vernon Peyton. Krista’s church from the poor side of town was invited to Vernon’s church for a good old fashioned, back in the day fellowship. Pastor Elliott was very excited to accept the invitation for his members. He had heard about the posh surroundings and bountiful feasts Pastor Turner would have for his guests. Pastor Elliott felt that a good treat from his church with the leaky roof and a feast of bologna sandwiches with Kool-Aid and one c...
Weekly Contest #27
Things That Makes One Smile By Perry Terrell Lincoln and Kiera had been dating for a year and three months. Kiera called Lincoln on her loneliest night of all times. It was a Friday night and they hadn’t seen each other or had been out together for nearly a month. Lincoln had rounded out a whole month of excuses with the working late to his parents were ill. She knew his parents were not ill because his mother worked as a cashier at the dollar store in the mall which was four doors down from Mutual National Bank where she worked. She would s...
Weekly Contest #26
We Only Met Twice By Perry Terrell The blues was in Jeffrey’s mind, body and soul. The blues consumed his parents as well. Day in and day out, while he was growing up, the blues was playing constantly in their home. They listened and danced to the music and sounds of Muddy Waters, B. B. King, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf, just to name a few. His particular favorite was the all time blues great, B. B. King. Jeffrey researched and read on the internet that B. B. was born September 16, 1925. Since he was born September 16, ...
Weekly Contest #25
Celia Lied By Perry Terrell The very first day of last year Celia wrote down five resolutions that she was bound and determined to keep. Number one was to lose weight. She has two closets full of clothes and cannot wear over ten pieces. She has to keep washing and wearing those same ten pieces of clothing over and over again. Sometime, when she is in a hurry, they don’t get washed; and she stays self-conscious while around people hoping her clothes are not smelling. Those ten pieces of clothing are the ones for her to wear out on errands an...
Weekly Contest #24
Elephant In The Room Shaped Like A Monkey By Perry Terrell “You suck.” “Lauren!” yelled Jared. “For lack of a better term?” He thought she was joking. “There is no better term. You just plain suck.” “Why?” Jared asked. “Why? Why? Why, you ask? I see that monkey. I know it’s dark in this space ship, but I see that monkey. I thought since the two of us won this mission, it would be a great chance for us to be close and really get to know each other. But you brought a monkey along? Why would you do that? Why?” Jared looked puzzled. He was almo...
Weekly Contest #23
The Happy-Go-Lucky Snow Bunny By Perry Terrell Snow Haven got its name way back in the 1800s. At least, that is what Craig and Lacy were told when they were buying supplies for their winter vacation in the High Sierras. They had seen pictures online of the cabins in that area, and they picked out the one they felt was most isolated. They wanted to be totally alone so they could really get to know each other. Since they had been dating for two years and only seeing each other exclusively Craig was thinking about asking Lacy to marry him. Lac...
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