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Weekly Contest #166
One Way Out “I quit – I’m done – I want a divorce!” Those definitive words propel from Tracey’s lips as the two bags of groceries crash to the Italian marble floor and explode. Fortunately, her purchases are not fragile, only fruits, vegetables and paper products. The two grapefruits land and roll, cowering under the kitchen table. The cause of her declaration is the scene she finds upon returning home from a morning of errands, mostly self-improvement projects, hair, nails and yoga. Once again she finds her husband, sprawled in his recli...
Weekly Contest #148
Sunday Easter Sunday Ronnie feels his eyes open – or does he? Is he awake? Or is he sleeping? He can’t tell, which usually means he’s dreaming. He finds comfort in that thought. Familiarity. He tries to settle into his slumber, but there’s a creeping sensation that he is awake. His delusion of unconsciousness is being replaced with a fear of consciousness. He’s certain of it – his eyes are open, yet he cannot see anything. Complete darkness. He attempts to move his hands yet can’t. He tries his feet – same result. Panic is surging through h...
SOMETHING TO FEAR Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) gently enters the eerily calm water, reassuring Brody (Roy Scheider) that everything will be OK. Spielberg’s masterful soundtrack plays a haunting background. Brody nervously awaits Hooper’s return, adorned in his childlike orange life vest. Hooper carefully investigates the heavily damaged hull of an abandoned fishing boat. He has a flashlight in one hand and a large knife in the other. He finds a large hole in the bottom of the boat and notices an object lodged in the wood. He works the knife t...
Weekly Contest #140
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