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Talia Bruce

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Le La

Weekly Contest #341

“Do I know you?” At that, the woman standing in front of him begins to cry. No, not cry—Sob. Hysterically. Her whole body shakes, her ruffled brown hair shaking with it. He shifts uncomfortably in his bed. “You really don’t remember me?” she asks. Her voice has a tinge of desperation in it, her eyes searching for something. She waits expectantly. He shakes his head. “Sorry, I-”, he says, but is cut off as she begins to cry again. He clasps and unclasps his hand. “I’m sorry, Miss. Maybe I’ll remember, though?” He ends his sentence in a questi...

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Nothing's Free

Wednesday “You? You’re going to run a marathon?” “Half.” “What?” “Half-Marathon.” “Still, you’re going to run a half-marathon? What is that? Like, 8 miles?” “Thirteen.” “Oh, okay,” she says, kind of laughing. “I have 4 months to prepare.” “No, I know, I know. I wasn’t saying you couldn’t, it’s just surprising-” Leelee sank back in her chair, one arm folded over her stomach. She knew she didn’t really run that much, that she didn’t look like a runner, and that she didn’t even like running that much, but it still hurt that her own mother did...

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Susie Solemn

Weekly Contest #329

“What’re you making?” Susie looked up from her phone. Charlotte stood at the edge of the kitchen, looking at the stove timer. “07:18, 07:17, 07:16…” The stove timer counted down the minutes and seconds till the muffins were done. “Muffins,” Susie said, looking back down at her phone. “Why?” “Why what?” “Why are you making muffins?” Charlotte walked over to where Susie sat and looked at her, seemingly mad. “Because,” she started, pausing to clear her throat, “we had bananas that had been sitting in the freezer. They’d been in there for almos...

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October 31st, 2024

Weekly Contest #327

October 12th, 2024, Three girls walk into a Walmart, eyes immediately drawn to the Halloween section to the left. One of them takes off towards the aisles of candy and costumes, obliviously cutting off another shopper as she did so. The other two followed; one on their phone, the other apologizing to the shopper as they also passed by. “We should get our costumes!” “Right now? We don’t have anything planned.” “What? What'd you say?” “We’re talking about what costumes to get, Ems.” “Oh, okay.” Tera watched as her friends began to look at the ...

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