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Submitted to Contest #280
"I was a cop. Technically, I still am. On garden leave." "Garden leave?" "Yeah. Once things escalated, it started affecting my work." "What happened?" "It was the little things at first. Just minor movements or sounds. Nothing specific. I'd be lying in bed and it would sound like someone was coming up the stairs. I'd get up to check and there'd be no-one there." "All houses creak. Probably the stairs returning to their original position after you climbed them." "That's what I thought. But then things started moving about the house. I tho...
Submitted to Contest #48
I thought it was karma at first. That strange happening of justice being done by an unseen force. Wikipedia defines karma as the "spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect). Good intent and good deeds contribute to good karma and future happiness, while bad intent and bad deeds contribute to bad karma and future suffering." But this was something different. This was cause and effect from myself directed at someone else. When I think back, it's...
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