Auggie Hughes

Sean King

Mel S

Roxanne

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Benjamin Chandler

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The light, it came from the knives, which were apparently made with an illegal material smuggled from another planet, that, when dropped too hard or put too much pressure on it, sends a beacon of war to the planet. Crazy right? One small mistake and the whole planet is doomed.

You’d think no one would make knives so dangerous. What’s the advantage? Yet here they were, for sale in a small shop, dozens of them. I flashed my badge at the clerk and said “I need to know who the wholesaler is on the doom sticks. And you’re closed for the day.”

The clerk told me he bought all of his knives from a black market seller known as Slash. I had a feeling it wasn’t the guitarist for Guns n’ Roses. He handed me a knife-shaped business card. I read it: “For all your knifey needs, call Slash. 1-800-555-CUTS.” My next lead.

I hesitate, because it can be a scam but I really need cash fast. My sister was taken away and her kidnappers ask me so much… I don’t really have any choice but call. Chewing my lips, I wait on the phone that Slash guy answers me.

The phone clicks, and I hear the heavy breathing on the other side. “Have you decided?” The man whispers.
“Yes.” I wait for a moment, listening to the man shuffle. Then, I hear a car start. 
“Check your mailbox. You will find a bulletproof vest and gun. Be at the bank by 5:07.”

Adorned with the vest and a gun on my hip, I arrived at the bank seven minutes before he told me to be. I very suspiciously look around in all directions as I make my way closer to the bank, being sure to scout out any possibility of danger.

I stuffed the chloroform-soaked rag in the guard's face & he went down. "Quiet," I hissed at the bank cashier, holding the gun so that only she could see. I passed the note to her. She read it, marked it, & slid it back to me. "Do you like me? Check Yes or No." She'd checked no.

One more big score

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Zackary Bradley

Leslie watched her fiancee read the first clue. The way her eyes twitched and squinted, the way her lips curled into a satisfactory grin. Raja placed the sheet down, reciting the poem.

“One for sorrow, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding, Four for a birth, Five for silver..”

“Six for dilver”? That’s where you lose me, hon. You can make up a word for the rhyme, but I can’t know what that means. Does it have to do with dill? Is the next clue a pickle? I have no idea.

Pickles were exactly on her mind, the “IMPHY-Dilver” she mentioned was the critical alloy needed to ensure the metal pickle lids formed a tight seal over the glass jars, thus preventing the crocodills from smelling the pickles, which would have endangered the mission.

“Tick Tock Susan! Remember the warrant is still hanging over your head!” Barked Officer Terry Grimes. Susan had to make sure this mission succeeded quickly or she’d be in BIG trouble. She was about to speak when Terry suddenly shouted “WARRANT! WARRANT!” Like some weird parrot.

Susan knew if he said "Warrant" one more time, the hair metal band of the same name would appear & never go away. Could anyone survive listening to them perform "Cherry Pie" ad infinitum? Just as Grimes was about to cry out the band's name a 3rd time, she pistol-whipped him.

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Gabriela Rivera

Josh Hansen

There was time that a really big monster was bored about his life

The monster looked around the mountains and the quarry, trying to find someone, anyone to scare.

At last the monster came across a campsite, a tent. He very slowly peeled down the zipper, then loomed a bit for emphasis before roaring right in their face!! Zero reaction. The GenZ-er just ate another Taki and kept watching shorts. “I GIVE UP!!!” (And he founds Monster Energy)

Monstrous Boredom

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Zoe Becker

Jerry glanced down at the photograph in his hand, then back up again at the woman sitting alone at the back of the cafe.

Despite being weeks apart, Ms Laurent looked vastly different. She, and her infantry of surgeons, tried desperately to restore her face. However, it would take Ms Laurent years to recover what was shattered in a few minutes.

All at once a blinding light coursed through the space. Jerry and the woman froze. And then a creature appeared, seemingly from the air itself.

Its bulbous shape lunged for food. Jerry could hear the wet gasps of torn flesh and a shriek of pain. To his right, his companion was gone.

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