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Athetos Lehren

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Sea and the Shadow

Submitted to Contest #294

Once upon a time there was a man named Jack. Jack was a sailor man and a privateer with a crew employed to harass certain trade vessels bringing goods to Gothica. Operating at both the edges of the law and of civilization, the privateers also made a habit of confiscating any goods that caught their eye, provided it wouldn’t be missed too dearly. Jack was afflicted with what most considered to be a curse. Though by birth he was a Goth, by this affliction he was what was called a banshee, a creature able to see by what manner a man he looked ...

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The View From the Zephyr

Submitted to Contest #293

The Zephyr was the single largest train ride in the world. More specifically, The Zephyr was the name given to the train making that trip, but the name had become synonymous with the trip and the tracks it was made on. The train itself was made up over 17 cars and nearly reached 1,500 feet long. It could hold just under 330,000 passengers plus active crew. It’s journey spanned over 2,200 miles of track and ran across all kinds of scenery including plains, lakes, and mountains. Add onto that, it was an international railway; the accumulative ...

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The Late Doctor Drell

Submitted to Contest #293

It was a beautiful day. Fall was just beginning, so the temperature was dropping, but the sun was out. It must have been around 60 degrees with the wind blowing, and even cooler in the shade. We were all gathered together into the great church. There were a hundred of us at least, each wearing the finest clothes we had for the occasion. Hushed discussions about the past and sniffles were the only sounds heard, besides the shuffling of those still making their way to their spots in the pews. The closed cask...

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