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Submitted to Contest #287
TW: Gore, self harm Ron flicked on the TV; it was almost time for the news. Static fizzed and buzzed behind the crystal screen. The hairs on Ron’s neck stood on end. Goosebumps ran down his thighs, his loins tightened. The bees in the tubes of the television’s mind were awoken by their queen, dancing to vitalize their still-sleeping wings. One by one they fell into line, red bees, yellow bees, blue bees. They swarmed frenetically across the screen, took the form of a tiger, slinking through the jungle with a fresh kill in its mouth. Ron alw...
Submitted to Contest #286
TW: Sexual violence, gore The Americans were leaving. The last convoy of tanks and soldiers rumbled and marched out of the city streets. A final procession of victory, or what they perceived to be victory. They had on their faces the satisfaction of the gourmet, moving slowly in the wake of their hedonistic revelry. The appetite of their bodies sated by violence, the memories of their inhumanity churned through their lower intestines – to be discarded in some ditch or rice paddy or off the front of a boat. The blades of the helicopters over...
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