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Post by Caulder Melhaire on Oct 4, 2021 14:20:23 GMT -6
This Weeks Prompt: Birthday Party
The Rolling Weekly Rules can be found in a sticky in this same forum. Entries must be 100 words, no more, no less. Entries can be posted below. Entries must be posted by October 9th by midnight PST. Weekly Challenge Rules:- No critiquing. Please refrain from giving feedback, as these challenges are to inspire creativity.
- Positive Enthusiasm is welcome! But save it for when Voting has started.
- CAN NOT vote for your own entry, and doing so will disqualify your submission.
- HAVE FUN!
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Post by pelwrath on Oct 4, 2021 20:58:10 GMT -6
Eternal Love
She closed the back door, sneaking home to surprise Dan at his birthday party. It had been a while since they'd been intimate, what with the financial problems and new job.
Unfortunately, things didn't quite go as planned.
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"Lieutenant, this is the weirdest, sickest scene I've seen."
"This is nothing."
"Nothing!? The corpse of the wife is in bed with her sister, who's mouth is stuffed with Dan's entrails. Dan suffocated to death, in the perfect kiss with his first wife, the zombie.”
"Welcome to the graveyard shift, rookie, literally and figuratively."
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Then again, maybe things did go as planned.
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Post by FoxxGlove on Oct 5, 2021 15:33:47 GMT -6
It's My Party
Won't you please stay awhile and partake in light refreshments? It's my birthday, you know. We'll be having buttered scones, jam tarts and Earl Grey. I take pride in setting a nice table. However, we won't be using the Bernardaud crockery unfortunately. Every piece is smashed. I got the blame for that despite it being nothing to do with me. Still, the Melamine is serviceable and doesn't break so easily.
I was expecting a few quirky friends but apparently, they can't make it this time. Happily though, the Dormouse is still wedged in the teapot and therefore obliged to attend.
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Post by Alatariel on Oct 6, 2021 12:56:52 GMT -6
Family Business
My birthday is cursed. When I was born, the nurse who delivered me died in a car crash on the way home. How do I know? Small town. After that, each year a new disaster would strike those around me.
My sister shattered her hip.
The dog disappeared.
Mom sliced off a finger, bleeding on the white cake frosting.
But this year was the worst. My twenty-first birthday. The day I was told who my father really was. Not the kind, gentle man who raised me, but Death.
He appeared. It’s time for me to take up the family business.
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Post by slbutler on Oct 7, 2021 16:24:33 GMT -6
Reflections
“When was the last time you had a birthday party?”
“Twenty-seven years if you count getting drunk and passing out at a bar a party.”
“Oh really?”
“Yeah, I don’t celebrate birthdays for myself. It just seems like waste of time and money.”
“But you said yourself life is about enjoying the journey? Why should you enjoy this part of your journey?”
“There are other things worth enjoying, not just passing around the sun once more. Your daughter is getting married? Yes? That’s far more worthy of celebration.”
“But you are worthy of time and effort as well.”
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Post by RavingCynic on Oct 9, 2021 19:49:58 GMT -6
Late Night Callers
Headlights lazily uncover each wind of the road. A party hat sits tilted on my head, and an empty bottle rolls about my passenger seat with each turn. My eyes fight to stay open.
The car shudders to a stop, sobering my mind. All around me a pool of red light floods the road. A buzzing fills my head as dark figures slowly appear on all sides of my vehicle. Foreboding silence consumes everything. My heart’s pounding.
Tentatively my foot becomes reacquainted with the gas pedal, and I quickly speed away, bidding farewell to the last guests to my birthday party.
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Post by Caulder Melhaire on Oct 10, 2021 19:10:18 GMT -6
Poll has been added! Good luck!
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Post by Caulder Melhaire on Oct 17, 2021 18:01:12 GMT -6
Ohoho, congrats to Alatariel and RavingCynic! Have an extra 10 easy points a piece for your dual victories! |
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