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Weekly Contest #342
“Relatively Odd”Fully clothed, life-size mannequins aren’t what you’d expect to see in someone’s home. A department store, sure, but not in a home, not like this. Maria was holding her cellphone when she greeted me at the front door and asked me to wait for a moment while she finished her call. When she walked away, I waited a few seconds then stepped into the living room. I didn’t think I’d have to compete with plastic people for a place to sit. All I could do was stand there in the middle of the weirdness and wait for her to return. Fortun...
Weekly Contest #340
“Cul-de-Sac”Nothing about a cross-country move is easy. The upheaval to a person’s life seems to almost outweigh the reasons for moving in the first place. A mix of risk and adventure.The dashboard clock read 9:32 AM and Zack could already feel the sun through his open window. The Arizona summer heat lasted until October but he and Sarah had decided that hot summers were better than cold winters. Their decision to leave Michigan and move to the southwest was a long time in the making, something they’d talked about for years. Most of their f...
Weekly Contest #339
High TeaShawn was new to the coast and still getting used to the size and pace of California. He was using every free hour he could find to explore his new home. One of his lunch hour treks had led him to Bluff Road, a steep, winding, picturesque drive lined with palm trees on both sides. It was a beautiful drive but not as beautiful as the roads and streets at the bottom of the hill, the ones that meander along the beaches and through the resorts. The view from Bluff Road was nice but it wasn’t enough of a reason for someone to wander away ...
Weekly Contest #335
Life in Between “Excuse me, mind if I sit here?”“Nope, have a seat.”“I’ve seen you in here before.”Yeah, it’s my favorite stool in my favorite bar.”“It’s a nice place, not real crowded and the people are friendly. To be honest that’s kind of why I wanted to sit here.”“I don’t follow.”“Well, I have this kind of a situation, and I have no clue about how to handle it.”“And you think I can help you out?”“No, it’s not that. I just need to tell someone about it. It’s driving me nuts. I’m Jack, by the way.”“I’m Paul. I might regret this but go ahea...
Weekly Contest #329
Life in Between “So, this friend of yours, no offense, but he sounds kind of weird.”“Yeah, I can see why you’d think that, but this is a subject that’s kind of hard to explain.”“Well, the bartender just set a full glass in front of me so why don’t you give it a shot?”“Okay, here goes. It had been almost a month and Adam was still having trouble with it. There’s no handbook for dead people. His obituary said that he’d “passed away” and at his memorial service people said, “He’s in a better place”. He even heard a woman say, “He’s gone to be w...
Weekly Contest #325
One Night at Clancy’s Like everyone else, I have dreams at night, the usual dreams about ordinary things and familiar people. But last Tuesday’s dream was different. It woke me up and it had felts so real I sat up in bed and looked around the room just to be sure I was really there. My heart was pounding. Lying back down and staring at the ceiling didn’t help but that was all I could think of doing. My alarm clock read 2:16 and I hoped I’d be able to fall asleep again.In the dream I was in Clancy’s Pub, my favorite local watering hole. Since...
Weekly Contest #323
Safe and Sound “Tom, I know you have your daily ritual with your security system but there’s a very fine line between ritual and obsession.”Tom wasn’t surprised at Rick’s comment. Their chance meeting at the mailbox had led to a conversation about Tom’s new, updated security camera system and it had quickly gotten out of hand. Like all the other neighbors, Rick had been watching Tom go about his daily routine of checking his security system and each time he did it Tom noticed Rick watching. It had reached a point where Tom couldn’t check a ...
Weekly Contest #320
Up a TreeTo a young park ranger, fresh out of training at the academy, Sequoia National Park was like playing in the big leagues. Six hundred and thirty-one square miles of dense forests on the side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains was Heaven to a man who loved the outdoors. A place where you can walk among majestic sequoia trees over three thousand years old. A place where trees over two hundred feet tall stretch into a brilliant blue sky. And a place where a person can find a kind of solitude unlike any other place in the country.Josh Howard...
Laugh or Don’t Laugh, Your Call The stage at The Edge Comedy Club was different from the ones Ben had stood on in the past. When he’d started working on his career in stand-up comedy the venues were mostly small, badly lighted clubs with a tiny stage or floor-level pad. The audience sat around closely set tables and the noise from the bar often drowned out his act. The Edge was a totally different thing. He’d been there a few times to watch other comedians and wondered what it would be like to stand on that big stage. He was just a few hours...
Weekly Contest #316
Likes, Friends, Followers Allen Spector was, as they say, out there. He was Facebook famous. He was an Instagram fixture. His TikTok followers hung on his every word. He was easy to find on Snapchat and YouTube. Allen had so many fans and followers you could say he was a bona fide, big-time celebrity. But what makes his story special is that Allen Spector doesn’t and never did exist. At least not in the way real people do.Blake Allen had time on his hands. His job as a wealth manager at Pacific Financial kept him busy during the day but at f...
Weekly Contest #315
One Beer, One Hour Like almost everyone I have dreams at night. They’re usually dreams about ordinary things and familiar people. But last Tuesday’s dream was different. It actually woke me up. It was so real I sat up in bed and looked around the room to be sure I was really there. My heart was pounding so I laid back down and stared at the ceiling. My alarm clock read 2:16 and all I could do was hope I’d be able to fall asleep again.The dream was about me, and I was in Clancy’s Pub, my favorite watering hole. I’d been there earlier in the e...
Weekly Contest #314
“Even the Birds are Gone” June, 2026It was the hottest day of the year. A lot of weather reporters in cities around the country were saying that but when they say it in Arizona it’s different. It was still Spring, and we knew we’d be hearing those words too many times over the upcoming Summer. But the heat was only a secondary concern because we hadn’t seen rain in six months. The bright, cloudless sky was one of the things that had led Carol and me to move to the Southwest. Back in Pennsylvania we suffered through days and even weeks withou...
Weekly Contest #313
Uncle DaveIt was a call that Peter had been expecting. In a soft, quavering voice his mother said, “Peter, Uncle Dave is gone.” He hesitated a moment, then, “Oh, Mom, I’m so sorry. I know it’s not a surprise, but it still hurts to lose him.”“Dave wasn’t the easiest man to know but he was my big brother and I loved him every day of my life.” Peter gave her a little time to collect herself and then she said, “I guess it’s time to wrap things up for the funeral and the estate sale. Can you do it without me?”“Yeah, Mom, no problem. We have the f...
Weekly Contest #312
GENESIS 202Monday 9:00 AM“Good morning, John.”“Morning, Arthur, are you ready for our big day?”“Yes. Last night while I was recharging my power supply I laid on my bed and went over everything in my mind.”“That’s great. Hopefully your new AI component did its job.”56 “John, from our previous conversations I sense that you are nervous about how I will do today. Please relax and trust me. I have spent a great deal of time reading every page of your project notes. I studied every one of the computer files. I have a complete understanding of how...
Weekly Contest #309
“Rumor Has It”The Trailside Diner looked like so many small, nondescript cafes that dot the highways of America; white clapboard siding, green shingle roof and an old neon sign barely bright enough to read. I was only a few steps inside when a sturdily built woman wearing a black apron walked up to me. “Mornin’, hon, sit anywhere you’d like.”“I’m meeting someone here”. A man waving a Stetson hat caught my attention. “Oh, I think that’s him there in that corner booth.” I walked toward him and asked, “John?”“That’s me.” He smiled and stood up,...
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