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There we go! That concludes this year's "Magical but Mundane" one-shot contest! Another huge shout-out to the winners, the judges, and of course all of the writers who put in time and effort to make this another wonderful one-shot contest. Writers, you're welcome to publish your stories now, and...

"Work Ethics" by Wildboots Third Place Eevee Flight Monday morning begins, as it so often does, with technical difficulties: the cable car is stuck at the top of the hill again. I swear it breaks down every other day, but of course the city can’t be bothered to fix it. A grinning hiker stands...

"Trueno" by Spiteful Murkrow Strumming and then sounds you recognize as guitar and drums joined with something more electronic. You blink and glance rightwards, your feet pattering against the cobbled streets in this square as the guitar wails. “How’s the music, Juliana? Things coming through...

"Perfectly Imperfect" by Lord Knee Everything had a little soul in them. From a young age, it was a sentiment Mildred’s parents expressed more times than she could count. It would appear in the off chance she sustained a bruise playing outside, all between the application of a bandage and...

"Past, Present, Future" by ErazonPO3 Second Place Eevee Flight The train screeches to a halt, and Luculia’s hand tightens around the strap hanging overhead. Somebody stumbles into her and she stumbles into somebody else, but she remains on her feet— and earns a red welt on her palm for her...

"Ordinary Things" by Farla Anywhere the police show up is somewhere Billy shouldn't have been five minutes ago. But Billy zoned out watching Arlie sitting in the corner of the playground piling handful after handful of sand into a growing mountain, and the window for getting the hell out of...

"Lather Up, Luxray!" by scrivenernoodz Third Place Pikachu Flight It was true. Pokémon battles hadn’t thrilled him lately. But that had nothing to do with the espresso machine Volkner was building in his bathroom. The fact was, five shots stirred into tap water and a vanilla éclair at The Solar...

"Hexatious" by Robo At moments like these, Murielle couldn’t help but muse about the nature of fate. Not that such a thing wasn’t expected of her; in fact, most folks would figure that someone of her inclinations would have especially firm opinions on the intangible forces that be—hence the...

"GOLD!" by tomatorade One morning, when he was very young, Ringo’s father became obsessed. He had his box of trinkets out and spilled on the floor of the sitting room. As an old flareon, he was a tumbleweed of white fur and red fur so dull it appeared white, and he seemed an ugly tumour...

"Gathering Moss" by NebulaDreams First Place Pikachu Flight Latte art is one of many human novelties I have yet to find the purpose of. Milk is poured at exactly the right angle to draw a heart or Pokémon in coffee foam, which is appreciated for ten seconds, then destroyed with one sip. I have...

"The First Red Dawn" by EonDuoLatias The chill of the autumn night seeped into my bones, as the pitter-patter of the heavy rain and crashing thunder echoed throughout my tent. I lay there, my tail curled up around my legs and body, my eyes closed but my heart racing, as I waited for the return...

"Engineering Harmony" by JFought First Place Eevee Flight The wind whistled through the plains, rustling through tightly-packed grasses and the leaves of stray trees. The flapping of wings overhead signified the return of birds from the south, calling noisily to each other as they spoke of new...

"Day by Day" by Windskull Second Place Pikachu Flight Hot Season, Moon 2, Day 10 Dear Diary, That's what I'm supposed to say when I start one of these, right? That's what it says when it comes up in one of my books. But if I'm being honest, it just looks tacky to me. I don't know why I'm...

"A Day at Lawrence Pokémon Sanctuary" by canisaries The name of Isle Silent was most likely given ironically. Only two miles across, the rushing of the sea’s waves was audible in any part of the island, complemented by the wind in the leaves of its sugar maples and yellow birches. At least the...

"The Cost of Paint" by The Walrein Tess Smeargle looked intently at the calendar glued to her wall. All around it, intricate designs were carved into the glass-smooth stone, the work of sculptors with hundreds or thousands of years’ experience. Something she’d never be able to match even if...

"A Change of Perspective" by Sinderella Shoulders back. Straight gait. Hair gelled, deeeeeeeeeefintely uses Dior cologne because he’s trying to smell more pristine than he is. Can see a tattoo poking out from under his cuff, does he have a sleeve? That’s a dress code violation. Naughty...

"The Blur" by WindsweptCity Ricky groaned as his alarm rang. He groped out blindly at the Chingling shaped device, eventually managing to grab hold of it and switch the annoying thing off. Even after a few years, he struggled to stick to a set work schedule. Stretching and cracking as many...

Magical but Mundane Contest Entries "The Blur" by WindsweptCity I'd describe this as the story behind a story. Even as Kyogre is threatening to drown the world, life goes on for the main characters, who are trying to solve a puzzling mystery. It's going to take a lot of hard work, long...

Magical but Mundane One-Shot Contest Results It's time at last to share the results of Thousand Roads' fifth one-shot contest! We ended up with sixteen lovely stories of daily life, and despite the "mundane" in the contest title, I think you'll find them anything but boring! There are a lot of...