Red





In a large village that lay beside a vast forest, there lived a girl whom every one knew simply as Red. An attractive girl of 19, she lived with her mother in a small house near the center of the village.




One day, in the middle of a particularly harsh winter, a messenger came to the front door. Red was sweeping the kitchen floor as her moth

    

    

    

    

The Spirit of Competition









“I’m home!” Jamie Foster called out as she walked into the front door of her a

The Next Best Thing










A dark blue sedan pulled into the Harper’s driveway. Joy Harper ran to the front door, and hurried outside to meet their guest. Michael Harper watched from the living room window as his wife led the beautiful blonde woman inside.




“Mike!” J

Burger
Fool
“Number 17, your order is ready,”
Cassie called into the mike. The customer came to the counter and
grabbed their tray. She turned back to the kitchen as they walked
back into the dining area,
Cassie had had big plans for this
summer. She had just turned 16; she had an awesome boyfriend, and an
unlimited membership for the community pool. But her parents had
other plans for her. Her father’s friend was the manager of a local
fast food restaurant, and she had put in a good word

Teacher’s Pet
Hazel Dominic sat quietly at her desk,
looking over the answer key and one of her classmate’s tests. Her
English teacher sat at his own desk beside the door, browsing on his
computer. The clock on the wall ticked loudly in the silence of the
room. Hazel finished grading the final test, and looked up at the
clock. Four o’clock.
She got to her feet, and picked up the
stack of papers. She made her way over to her teacher, who quickly
pulled up his grading program as she approac

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“Alright, let’s do this,” Vic
said, settling himself on the sofa, “We all set, D?”
“We’re live,” Darcy said, peering
at her computer screen. “Testing now…”
Vic held up
Darcy’s phone, which was currently sending a live feed to Darcy’s
laptop. He placed the device in his mouth, and swallowed it down in
one gulp. Darcy watched as the screen went dark as the light on the
phone was squeezed down his throat, until the device landed in his
stomach.
“How