Amara Campanini

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“One Last Guest” by Amara Campanini

Submitted to Contest #126

Disgraced. Unworthy. Failure. Words seldom uttered amongst kings.  Except for every would-be king since Old King Angus decided that a puzzle should determine who would next take the throne. Prince or peasant—no matter, as long as they were smart enough to solve it. Angus was one for fair play. “And curse him,” Smith muttered. “Devil of a man.”  The canary in the tower corner chirped. “Well, curse you too,” said Smith. “You haven’t helped at all. And I fed you.” Smith remembered, on several occasions, the dead canaries that f...

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