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Weekly Contest #342
It was one of the hottest days in California. That summer sun was beaming down like it had its eye on the world, it was so hot but that didn’t matter to Paula. She felt like she was on cloud nine, just sitting passenger next to her boyfriend Jackie. He had her smiling ear to ear, telling her how beautiful she was, how she was the best thing that ever happened to him as they cruised around the streets of Encino in his ’84 Ferrari Testarossa in fire engine red, her favorite color. The hot was wind whipping her hair around whenever Jackie floor...
Weekly Contest #209
Ringing ears, a pounding headache, deep shallow breaths from snapping awake, only to still be surrounded by darkness. It all seemed so loud and quiet at the same time. “Where am I?”, Kennedy wondered as she tried to sit up, only to have something blocking her way. Feeling her way around, she could tell she was boxed in. The fog around her brain began to clear up, the ringing in her ears was getting lower and now she could hear a muffled song playing, feel the thumping of the speakers, the tired thudding ag...
Weekly Contest #182
“I want you to repeat after me. There is no one after me.” “There is no one after me.” “Good. Again.” Dr. English had me repeat this five times. His method is you will repeat it till you believe it. The problem is I don’t, and I never will. When something traumatic happens to you, you don’t just forget it like people want you to. They’ve been telling me, “Oh it’s been four years Riley. You must move on now.” How can they tell me something like that if they’ve never stood in my shoes? “L...
Weekly Contest #181
“Out of all the dumb ideas you’ve ever came up with Fallon this has got to be the dumbest one yet! This is the shit that white people do in the movies!” Anyone driving by could hear Fallon’s sister Ava fussing at her through the car speakers. “I mean I am part white.” Fallon deadpanned “I’m not playing with you Fallon. I mean who just decides to get in their car and drive up to Black Bear Mountain? In the dead of winter. By themselves!” “I’m not by myself Ava. I’ve got Boxer with me.” Fallon shrugged referring t...
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