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Mystery in the Mounds ~ #SNAPS1000 #story by PR Spates

\/ Mystery in the Mounds by PR Spates Image by PR Spates /\ I screamed. My mother said yes! After begging for two years, my mother said that I could finally walk to school by myself. “I guess it’s time to let you do it on your own,” she said with a half-smile while looking at my dad out of the corner of her eye. She was looking for him to find some reason why their fifth grade daughter shouldn’t…

79 Words: Away by PR Spates #SNAPS1000 #fiction

\/ Away by PR Spates 79 words /\ I hope I left enough food for the cat. Did I pack my charger? Who cares, I should be enjoying this ride. The rattle and hum of the locomotion was melodic; it lured me away from the land of emails, conference calls and my mother’s incessant nagging. Thank God I upgraded to the luxury car. The glass trees of the city transcended into wood lands; cell towers became…

79 Words: Work by PR Spates #SNAPS1000 #fiction #drama

\/ Work by PR Spates 79 words /\ What should have been easy for me turned out to be the hardest decision I ever had to make. But I would make it. My hands shook as I aimed my .45 at him. I swallowed a mass of emotions that were lodged in my throat. He sobbed, and I heard him whisper two Hail Marys. I closed my eyes, squeezed the trigger and felt the gun respond. Once. Twice followed by a thud.…

79 Words: Sir Plush A Lot by PR Spates #SNAPS1000 #fiction

\/ Sir Plush A Lot by PR Spates 79 words /\ He sat there silently, overlooking his sleeping queen. His duty was to survey the land at night and ensure that the queen was safe from all harm. While she slept, he kept the dragons at bay and fought off the trolls who dared to trouble her. Honored to hold the noble position since she was a princess, his fate was sealed. He would defend his queen until…

79 Words: Figure 8 by PR Spates #SNAPS1000 #fiction #drama

\/ Figure 8 by PR Spates 79 words /\ It started again; I wasn’t sure what was going to happen this time around, but the one thing I knew for sure? I was doomed to live this life. As I sat there, listening to the captain brief us on the latest murder case, I started to rethink it all. My life and every decision I made that brought me to this very point. Contemplate, regret, reassess and…

79 Words: Her Crown and Glory by PR Spates #SNAPS1000 #fiction

\/ Her Crown and Glory by PR Spates 79 words /\ She stared at her reflection in the mirror. There was half a woman staring back at her. Something was missing. She ran her fingers through the thick, silken tresses that framed her oval face; the hairline slipped and revealed her more course, textured locks. With a steady hand, she peeled back the synthetic coif and exposed her natural crown. Her…