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Weekly Contest #371
The School of No Return, by Roger SkrypczakKevin had an opportunity to return to his hometown, a small village in Northern Wisconsin. He was invited to speak at the town’s annual Fireman’s Fundraiser. The fire department where his father had served as Chief needed to purchase a new water tanker. The department served several rural townships with no fire hydrants, so a dependable water tanker truck was essential to extinguish fires that periodically occurred. Kevin, an accomplished speaker, was a fire safety engineer and instructor at a south...
Weekly Contest #331
The snow began to fall as Henry drifted off to sleep. He was a farmer. In fact, he had been a farmer his entire life. His mother brought him into the world on the very farm he inherited when his father passed away. Henry married the daughter of the farmer whose land was adjacent to his. In forty-five years of marriage and three children, Henry and his wife doubled the size in land and productivity. Not an easy feat, indeed. Like many farm families of the time, Henry’s wife did all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, baking bread, sewing, feeding...
Weekly Contest #313
Roland "Roly" Winarski was a star athlete at Gitchigumi High School. He was the star running back on the football team since his sophomore year. He was also a starting point guard beginning in his junior year and played first base on the baseball team every Spring. Tall, blonde, and muscular, he was the heartthrob of every teen girl in the county. Although he dated several of his classmates, there was one who was his favorite. He even fantasized about marrying her and raising a family. Jeanie liked Roly but had no intention of marrying a "jo...
Weekly Contest #277
THE WICKED WITCH OF DIRTONThe rural mail carrier had heard the stories of the witch who lived on his route. On the very first day on the job, the Postmaster warned him to be careful when delivering the mail to fire number W6666 Penny Hole Road. A retired former carrier who delivered mail to her address also warned him to watch out if she points her index finger at him. She seldom received mail, so he wouldn’t have to slow down as he passed the long dirt driveway with the old square mailbox propped up against a pile of granite rocks. He would...
Weekly Contest #245
As the big day approached, excitement about the pending total eclipse of the sun was building. It was early April, and several of our neighbors were heading South to get closer to the path where the moon would be directly between the Earth and the sun. That was not in my mom and stepdad’s plans, however. Nolly and Rob headed North to MacLaughlin Lake, where our family-owned cabin was located. It was time to de-winterize the cabin and get it ready for the beginning of fishing season. MacLaughlin Lake has been in the family for nearly one...
Weekly Contest #240
Roy’s Monster Buck The soft breeze on the back of Roy’s neck sent a chill through his entire body. It signaled the end of his hunt and an opportunity to harvest the whitetail buck of a lifetime. Roy was an avid hunter; his weapon of choice was a compound bow and arrow. He hunted the annual Wisconsin gun deer season since he was old enough to purchase a hunting license with his dad. Roy and his dad hunted with a group of local farmers known as the Brown gang, who were famous for filling all their tags. ...
Weekly Contest #221
Cole Cody had been on the rodeo circuit for nearly ten years with very little success. He was barely able to make enough prize money to cover his expenses. But he loved the challenge and being associated with other cowboys and the women who followed them around. Cole wasn’t famous enough to have his pick of women like some of the other more successful bull and bronco riders. Although it didn’t mean he had to sleep alone every night. His body had taken a beating and he was considering retirement when he started winning...
Weekly Contest #204
THE LAST RIDE OF COLE CODY Cole Cody had been on the rodeo circuit for go nearly ten years with very little success. He was barely able to make enough prize money to cover his expenses. But he loved the challenge and being associated with other cowboys and the women that followed them around. Cole wasn’t famous enough to have his pick of women like some of the other more successful bull and bronco riders. Although that didn’t mean he had to sleep alone every night. His body had taken a beating and ...
Weekly Contest #199
SWEETNESS TRUMPS BEAUTY Allen Larson had just gone through a divorce and was not handling it well. He worked as a reporter for the LA Times where he met his wife. Sandra who was a gossip columnist’s assistant. She was tall, just over five feet ten inches, had long flowing blond hair, ample breasts and very shapely. She was also great in bed. Although they both worked at the Times, they actually met at the local watering hole where many of the Times staff would gather after wor...
Weekly Contest #198
SHE TAUGHT US HOW TO READ She only stood about five feet two inches tall, about the same size as the majority of her fifth and sixth grade students. Well beyond retirement age and matronly, she loved teaching and watching her charges begin to understand what it meant to be able to read. She worked particularly hard in my case since I really struggled the first four years of school. She taught me the sounds of letters and the sounds they made when put together in words. Then helped me understand the ...
Weekly Contest #191
Flowers for Rebecca Tony drove himself to buy flowers for his wife for their 70th wedding anniversary. This was not his normal shopping day and had to recruit the lady next door to sit with his wife while he went out to buy the flowers. Although he held a valid driver’s license, he probably should not have been behind the wheel. At age ninety-one his eyesight was not the best and his reflexes were slower than one needs to safely drive a car. Thankfully the old Buick Regal was in very good condi...
Revenge can be sweet, especially if one can get away with murder. Ellen vowed that she would kill the person that shot her lover. Oh, she knew very well who did it. In fact, it was someone she knew very well. She knew and even loved her from the time they were children. Ellen remembered how cruel she could be to other people as well as pets. Although the two were inseparable as teenagers, there was the time she attacked Ellen with a steak knife, stabbing her in the arm. Luckily for Ellen the knife blade missed an art...
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