Welcome to the Best of the Beanies, a curation compilation of some of the top stories from this week's Spill The Beans Creative Writing Prompt.
These authors gave us some amazing content, and we would like to highlight them. We hope that you will take a look at the posts and perhaps vote or leave a comment or a tip for the authors.
Our pick of the top stories covered all the elements of what creative writing involves, and is in keeping with community standards. These authors showed personality and took great pride in creating an epic story that got the judges hooked and wanting more.
The Best of the Beanies, in no particular order - they were all so good!
Festivus Gone Wrong by @ladytitan
It was Christmas and I'd been incarcerated (that's the way I see it) in this recovery centre for exactly a year following the death of my little sister, Joy, in a thunderstorm. It was December 23rd and we were broke. Father did not handle that situation well. He was happy when there was enough money to throw around and bitter when we survived from hand to mouth. My parents had a big fight in the morning, calling each other terrible names. Father stormed out while mother drowned her sorrow with some liquor.
A Truly Splendid Festivus By @lordtimoty
And then, for the first time in many weeks, Earl smiled, ‘On February 12th your car brakes squealed and woke me up. Nigel learned into the conversation, ‘On March 9th you leered at me from over the fence, and your ugly nearly sent me to my grave. Earl responded, ‘On April 21st, you left your garden hose on and a trickle of water came onto my property. From there, the name calling escalated – one called the other a ‘Goose’, then a ‘Clown’, then this evolved to become the ‘Ringmaster of the fools’, and so on.
Avocado and Coffee by @itsostylish
"We're all terrified of you, Andria! Scared that you're going to pull the same stunt you pulled last year. Have you spiked this dish with anything? Spill!" Dan tried to control the volume of his voice, but the challenge vibrated in the air with a cadence of belligerence. "That's the point, Dan. You'll have to eat the avo to find out, now won't you?" Andria giggled with a mirthful tinkle.
Christmas What? I Prefer Festivus by @universoperdido
“Janice, you need to stop living on dreams. We are all fed up already. Every time I see you, I feel like I'm in a Disney story, you only use your hair to attract bad vibes. You have to stop now!” Janice's eyes widened, then she lowered her head."George, I'd kick your ass right here, but you're so much more sophisticated than me, so I'll spare myself that embarrassment, for now, but I will anytime until you pay me what you owe me." George looked at him with stunned eyes, while the others looked at each other.
Festivus by @riverflows
It was hard to describe that to the police, afterwards, when the boat was on fire and sinking into the canal, and Jez had disappeared. They all had different versions of events, but that was Festivus for you - utter chaos. Here was no well timed turkey or orderly gifting of presents under a Marks and Spencers tree. Here was howling at the winter moon, dancing semi naked on the snowy towpath, and the celebration of the winter dark.
It's a Festivus Miracle by @jetta.amaya
Mary woke up suddenly and the daylight stabbed her eyes hard, she had to close them again, she wanted to sit up but did not succeed. She began to become aware of herself, her whole body ached and she felt an enormous weight in her head. She swallowed saliva and felt the taste of blood invading her mouth, her throat was dry and it hurt as if she was swallowing razors. She slowly opened her eyes, this time more carefully to adapt to the light, she realized that she was on the ground, around her everything seemed to be ravaged by a hurricane, she saw that her arm was covered with dried blood, that confused her even more.
The Blessed Miracle of Festivus by @chacald.dcymt
Everyone was paralyzed. They saw Don Carlo wallowing in his chair until he fell lifeless to the floor. I picked up the deceased's coffee cup, a gold-plated beauty inlaid with diamonds, another of the Don's eccentricities. I walked past the shocked descendants of the old man and into the kitchen. Todos los sirvientes en silencio con la cabeza abajo. Whispering I looked at them all and said:
blessed miracle of festivus that we got rid of the old man.
Well, that's it for the Best of the Beanies for this week's prompt.
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