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Weekly Contest #360
PARADISE GARDEN Nick and Steve became firm friends, meeting at junior school both had similar interests. Rugby in winter, swimming in summer and anything to do with the ocean. After matric, Steve studied Horticulture while Nick pursued marine biology and completed his Padi diving course. Every summer they vanished beneath the waves where they would spend many hours hunting crayfish and abalone, Exploring the beauty of the reefs like they were their own kingdom. After university Nick worked for Sea Fisheries in Cape Town. Scrapin...
Weekly Contest #359
THE DONORBreaking up from a 6-year relationship had not been easy for Janet. Her yearning for marriage and starting a family had long been a dream.Her relationship with Tom had been splintering. They fought more often about the silliest of things and was told that she should see a shrink.She started questioning herself as doubt flooded her mind. 'Maybe it's me.'Janet lost her mother when she was sixteen, her younger brother died two years later after a hit and run accident. Geoff her elder brother had gone off to Europe to seek his fortune....
Weekly Contest #358
CONFUSIONI woke up with a start lying face down not being able to breathe properly. Rolling over on to my back, I stared at the blue sky above me. ‘’Where the hell am I? ’I murmured to myself.Sitting up I looked around and found myself on a sandy beach facing the sea with not a soul in sight. Suddenly without warning an excruciating pain stabbed at my chest, I felt as if I was having a heart attack. Closing my eyes I heard strange pinging noises and saw flashes of red then everything went black. I had a feeling of floating, the pai...
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