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Aydan Ruddick

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Samuel and The Cube.

Submitted to Contest #82

“Just me and the box now” Samuel stared down at the small metal cube no bigger than the size of his palm. Strange Gaelic-esque markings scratched across the block’s surface, engravings he prematurely deemed unimportant in the grand scheme of things. The only evidence of light in his room was that of the crisp autumn sun peeking through creases in the blinds. It almost felt symbolic, like those blinds represented his life up until this very moment, and he was about to pry them open to welcome the sun. The scratch of a chair being dragged from...

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