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Submitted to Contest #36
Spring, 1501It's been three days of siege now. I'm writing on this separate piece of paper since I couldn't find my notebook. It's reasonable to think that they've stolen it. If so, I have only a few more days to live. Not that I'm sad about it, I feel even a bit relieved. All this sickness and tiredness will go, or at least I hope so. I've been vomiting every two hours or so and my body hurts. I suppose dying would be a generous punishment for me. But I fear they won't be so kind.It's already very late at night and I can hear them outside. ...
Submitted to Contest #34
Newton had no job, no family, no money, no girlfriend. He had just moved into an abandoned house outside town. He hoped no one would discover him there. He lived before in another abandoned house for five years. That was also the age of Noodles, his mutt dog friend. Noodles had long white fur and were as big as a regular bucket. He was also all Newton had.In the old place, Newton always fed the stray animals. He never even hesitated. But then other people started to live there that didn't like animals as much. They were selfish and insensiti...
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