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Submitted to Contest #290
As the youngest of four siblings, Charles had always secretly felt like the unspoken favorite in the family—as if he held the fondest place in his parents’ hearts. His father had passed when he was still a young man, and now that his mother had lost her battle with failing kidneys, he found himself struggling with the unfamiliar weight of feeling like an orphan. Sitting on the front porch of his central Texas home, he wondered where good old Church of Christ ladies went when they died. He had never truly valued faith—not since his early days...
Submitted to Contest #289
“The room is unfamiliar. I don’t know how I got here.” These were the initial thoughts he had as he noticed the deep, bone chilling cold that coursed through his body as his eyes fluttered open inside the dimly lit chamber. A sharp needle like sensation seemed to prick every part of him as the circulation fought its way back. He gasped, his visible breath misting in the air. The walls were a dull metal and there was a hum vibrating beneath him. He was lying in a cryo-pod, the lid cracked open. Beyond it, a sterile, windowless room stretched ...
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