Stories tagged competition

What People Do With Their Hands

11981198 views33 comments33 favs

I said, “If this rose doesn't grow another petal in twenty minutes, I'm burning down the neighborhood.” “Just let it go,” said Paul. “No,” I said. “That's what's happening right here.” “You'll try again next…

A taste of competition

10111011 views11 comment00 favs

We called him Mickey Habanero, because he could fill his mouth with the hottest food imaginable, the kind packed with the sort of heat that would melt the gums from the teeth of a novice, all without taking a drink of milk or anything else that would otherwise soothe the…

Pre-Dinner Conversation

8080 views1010 comments99 favs

She willed herself to not stare at the shiny trail his finger left in the dust.

Eclipse

100100 views2525 comments1313 favs

She planned on being brilliant.

Butterfly Man

12391239 views1111 comments33 favs

Now it was black line, wall, turn, and black line.