Category SS Prompt 3: Translation

SS Prompt 3: Translation
Word Count: 2500 Words exactly
Deadline: 25 March 2020

Please do not post before the deadline.

The raffle ticket by Semakula Emmanuel

Mugume presumed his dad dreamt of owning a triba, a family sedan advertised in a magazine his dad always bought on Saturday. The magazine covered political content, but every time he borrowed it from his father, he found it folded…...

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Semakula
March 25, 2020
1 Comment
13 mins

Best Laid Plans by Janice

Maggie squinted at the note taped to Barb's fridge. "Ars longa, vita brevis… hmm, I'm not familiar with that saying." "Art is long, life is short. It's encouragement from George." "Wait a minute! You and I may need reading glasses, but we're not that old. There's still lots of gas in the tank." "No, no, it's not about ageing, it's about the studio tour. I enjoy organizing it every year, but as you know, in life, nothing ever goes as planned."

Janice
March 25, 2020
1 Comment
13 mins

A Most Peculiar Assignment by Jens Grabarske

I have not written to you in months, my friend. And for that I must apologise. Rest assured that the reason for my unfamiliar lack of communication is not that I have forgotten you or the bond that binds us,…...

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Jens Grabarske
March 25, 2020
2 Comments
13 mins

In your language by Tapan Mozumdar

A Muslim boy gets the job of a resident help in the home of a Brahmin. The mistress of the household is in dark about this.

Tapan Mozumdar
March 25, 2020
2 Comments
13 mins

Lost in Translation by Stevie K

Language is not the only thing that gets lost in translation

Stevie
March 25, 2020
5 Comments
13 mins

A Translation of Motives by Amrita Sarkar

In this continuation to last month's story, The Price, the cops discover a body in a car crash within a mile of the restaurant where Rhine Roberts's clandestine meeting with Ava Johnson, the famous social influencer, had failed. What follows is a ruthless translation of vested motives into sinister acts.

Amrita Sarkar
March 25, 2020
85 Comments
13 mins

Drunk by Marisa Fink

The cold water shocked me awake. I was curled up in the tub in my underwear with the shower running. I must have puked on my clothes and then tried to wash them in the shower. I hung them over the bar, hoping that they’ll be dry enough to wear home and collapsed naked on the nasty bed. I vowed that this is my one drunken night to take the edge off, and decided to enroll in counseling to get myself together.

Marisa Fink
March 25, 2020
3 Comments
10 mins

Stand-up by Anthony

Kal is a stand-up comedian, but his love life is no laughing matter. Will tonight be different?

Anthony
March 25, 2020
10 Comments
13 mins

The Answer by Prakhar G

The Major General looked at the ground. It was broken up. Cracked. A box lay there, as innocent as if a boy had dropped his toy. Alien symbols marked it.

Prakhar Gahlot
March 25, 2020
5 Comments
10 mins

The Gift by Catherine Garden

Pascoe Lane sipped a coke as she sat under the spreading branches of an acacia tree. A rock served as a seat and she wiggled a little to get comfortable. Just a little way out from the village she could…...

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Catherine Garden
March 25, 2020
26 Comments
13 mins

Eldora Has Her Reasons by Laura Handrick

A fast-moving truck on a rainy day nearly sidelines Eldora on her way to volunteer. Why does she bother?

Laura
March 25, 2020
4 Comments
13 mins

Flower Language by Hyle Bathurst

He doesn’t seem to understand that I am a cursed woman. I’ve walked past his floral stand one hundred times before this day. Each time I pause at the dry herbs hanging on the lines above the wooden table, quietly…...

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Hyle
March 25, 2020
6 Comments
13 mins