Illegal Publishing
The nondescript box arrived on my doorstep in exactly two weeks. Just as promised. I tore into it and pulled the book out, staring in awe at my work. It didn’t…
What Would You Buy With Your Last $20?
So what _would_ you buy with your last twenty dollars? You don't have to specifically name the item, but you can allude to it, or try to make a poetic game out of it by letting your readers guess what it is you are talking about. As always, try to make it emotional. (Remember this _is_ your last twenty bucks, but try avoid the cliches typically found in melancholy writing.)
Challengers
12 entriesMy last allowance
Every month I get twenty dollars. It’s my allowance. My Dad, who works abroad puts it into my account. The situation with my Dad is just part of the problem…
Nobody Better Ever Look Up To Me
Yup. It’s that time of the month again. I personally call it the ‘Weekend-before-my-paycheck-when-I-don’t-have-money’ weekend. Yes I’m aware that it’s not very…
Penny wise -
It had all gone horribly wrong, but so slowly that we didn’t realise. The weather turned, the pack mule died, Jim broke his leg... any single thing was just a…
Make it a Good One
Since this is my last $20, I feel that it is safe to assume that the world is either ending, I’m dead broke, or America has fallen into anarchy. I would…
The Last Twenty
I felt the breeze cut though my jacket as easily as any blade might have, the chill wind whistling down the streets. People turned up their collars and huddled…
The Ride
It’s a beautifully scenic meandering rail line that wanders up the coast of this gorgeous country before ending nearby the picturesque cliffs where the ocean…
Little Pitchers, Big Ears
Missy stood quietly behind an arm chair, invisible to the adults in the room. The grown-ups were having a heated conversation. Caught up in their debate, they…
The $20 Dollar Pistol
This city stinks. Or maybe it is me that stinks, I’m not sure which. I came here with such high hopes but that has all been smashed, gone when they sold the…
Twisted Economics
I was broke and I didn’t care anymore. I had nothing left but a handful of crumpled dollar bills, some spare change, and a phone number. I was indifferent to…
Money Well Spent
I smiled as I walked out of the store. I bought so much stuff, from shirts, to necklaces. Only, now I only had twenty dollars left. What to do with it? Buy…
#74 Last Bus to Vegas
I kick a can down the quiet street. The windows bear down on me like my parents’ ever disappointed stares. Another kick and the discarded can rolls - like my…