/tags/outside/Recent content in Outside on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usSun, 24 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2017/12/24/the-christmas-competition/Sun, 24 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2017/12/24/the-christmas-competition/<p>Do not use without the author’s permission.</p> <p>Bob stared at the house across the street with a crazed look in his eye. The hundreds of lights and Christmas figures that covered the house and filled the lawn lit up the whole neighborhood.</p> <p>“This time Fred isn’t going to win the holiday display competition! Not when he sees what I’ve got to offer! Isn’t that right, Jenna?”</p> <p>He turned to his wife, who was standing by the wall. She could only give a muffled reply because of the thick rubber horse bit in her mouth. Underneath her harness and bridle, she wore a brown fur-covered catsuit, complete with hooves for her hands and feet, and a pair of reindeer antlers on her head. Her wrists were cuffed to the waist belt of her harness, and her ankles were hobbled by a leather restraint. Her wide, frightened eyes tried to convey to her husband how insane she thought the whole idea was.</p>