"Guess what word appeared in my dream?"
Everybody began guessing the words they knew.
And then he replied, "Elanditate."
So, it was true - shared subconsciousness.

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It's been a while, but I entered in the March #GWStoriesEverywhere Contest

March's theme is "At first glance."

A soft chuckle from the passenger seat, and I knew she had also not read Scott Run. Brief eye contact let loose unbreathable laughter.

The prickly leaves and the density of the twigs. She crawls up and grips a ripe, red berry. Bursts of sweet pleasure in her mouth.
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February Reader Maria Ordovas-Montanes enjoys writing stories based on true events in her life. She’s won the 25-word #GWStoriesEverywhere contest 2x & her Five Minutes “Toaster Problem” was published in December 2024. Get micros in to Maria & the rest of the Feb team: fiveminutelit.com/submissions

In a town where everyone ate bricks, Lily ate bread. Pressure mounted.

𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, she hoped. And she mortared a sandwich with mayo.

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Competition: #GWstorieseverywhere from Gotham Writers (www.writingclasses.com/contests)
Rules:
* Stories no longer than 25 words
* Max 280 characters including spaces and hashtag
* Should relate to monthly themes

Helios in his chariot riding the sky. He reaches the zenith, not a cloud on high. Circe, decide: hide or defy! #gwstorieseverywhere

He's only fifty and already he shuffles his steps, shoulders hunched. At twenty he dreamed of saving the world. Those dreams soon turned to lead.
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Jasper leapt. His body made a perfect horizontal line midair—and then he dropped like a rock. He scurried away. Math wasn’t his forte.
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He would drive north from Houston. She would drive south from NYC. In Chattanooga they made a family. Alaska is their home now.
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Janie's learning to live in society again. Life owed her, but she paid the price. Doctor said she'll be good to leave in a week. #GWStoriesEverywhere

(This was my first entry!)

Looked in the mirror and flew into a semi-rage decrying the transience of youth.
“Eat your sashimi, R. Age well,” she said. “S’all good.” #gwstorieseverywhere

Success! Vain illusion. I turn to you, Failure, my consistent companion.
"Stop whining and apply yourself," she said. #gwstorieseverywhere

Jutting block at the
End of the
Nine-layers-tall tower.
Goal in sight, easy extraction.
Attack of the giggles! Squeals drown the clatter.
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Hunger pangs end at the top of the table, over the sleeping beast.
Crouch, wiggle, leap.
Retreat!
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Lived in a palace in the naughts
Downsized to a rental in the teens
Roared to a tent in the twenties
Now? Rest in dirt.
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Teeter on the way up
Totter on the way down
Blasted heels worn just to impress
Companies that won’t hire.
“Overqualified” yeah right.
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Rise only to fear the fall.
Fall to yearn for the rise.
Rise again. Yearn for anonymity.
Alas! The life of a successful artist.
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Evergreen, witness to our dances
Turned to ash blown in the wind
Like the memory of your last kiss.
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In a parallel universe, he didn’t hide in the closet waiting for me to get home and attack me.
Other me, live well. #gwstorieseverywhere

“What’s wrong, Honey? Why are you crying?”
“Mom! I thought that woman was you! Why does she have your face?”
#gwstorieseverywhere

“Your usual table, Ms. Smith?”
“‘Mr.’ I’m no longer scared of embracing my authentic self.”
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I crossed the field alone at midnight, the glowing red eyes in the fog my sudden company.
Oh, how I miss the sun!
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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. Floods, Infernos, Cyclones, No ice. The weather changes and species die off, but it’s not “that”.
Spare me. Yeah, right.
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Three million souls in this city, and I’m the only one trapped inside a body.
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(I won with this one!!)

I sit on cold tile, solid wall around me, clear sky above. Only way out is my end, the sun at zenith, in two, one…
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His temper shortened, but his violent rage blazes. She discarded excuses, along with her trampled tolerance.
15 years later, the world still crumbles around dinner.
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