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Submitted to Contest #144
Ghost roll -Oi, come back! -What do we have here? From the outside, you could see two thugs pulling a blanket from a battered (haggard?)-looking kid. From the inside, you couldn’t see much, as it was all hazy and dark, and painful. Tiny spots of pink were there though, shyly pulsating, although right now the haze was starting to threaten them. -Give it to us, it’s too big for a scrawny kid like you. One of the thugs jerked the blanket away from the kid, while the other one pushed him away. Laughing, they started running, dragging the blank...
Submitted to Contest #16
.............................................................................................................................Do not go into The Woods, they said. She shrugged, as she pushed back the dense leafy curtain, took a deep breath and stepped in. A cacophony of colour dazzled her for a moment. She took a step and the colours were wiped away by near complete darkness and a weak warm wind. Â The floor made a cracking noise as something crumbled under her shoes. The place looked like a dark vestibule, with rich smells and sounds. Sh...
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