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Submitted to Contest #297
The tempestuous storm that seemed to have stayed for eternity left the world outside pistachio green. Cows were no longer howling, roosters had stopped shrieking – maybe they had the realization that the storm had subsided, or maybe they were simply tired. The frogs croaked on at irregular intervals, but other than their unsettling ribbiting, the world seemed to have fallen awfully quiet. It was nearing dusk, thought the old man. Or was it dawn? He was never sure these days. He watched on through the small crack of the mud wall of his house,...
Submitted to Contest #239
I saw a man face-down on the street, motionless, as I was driving back home. It was not his motionless state, nor the fact that he was dead that surprised me. Nothing about him surprised me really. People die every day. I was not even sure if this person was dead at first. But then I noticed his brain, or what looked like his brain, smeared across the side of the road where he lay.I could not remember why I stopped my car. This was a gruesome scene, which did not make me feel any better. But at the same time, a curious sensation kept pulling...
Submitted to Contest #92
I’m sitting on my bed, quite motionless. My wife lies beside me. She’s at peace. Or at least I think she is. I had quite a row with her, just before she went to bed. It didn’t get into anything violent this time, just an exchange of heated words and some swearing. I decided to stay outside, on the couch – I couldn’t stand being with her in the same room. It’s late into the night. I think it’s sometime past 2. I thought I heard the clock chiming in the room next to this a while ago. Twice. It’s pitch-black, there’s no moon outside. I like i...
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