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Diego Alatriste Y Tenorio

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To the lake

Diego Alatriste Y Tenorio

Submitted to Contest #300

This is a thought experiment. All that you are about to witness is purely imaginary, forms part of my imagination and produced predominantly by my subconscious, no matter what I might say otherwise past this point. I say this whenever I space out too much. Not daydreaming, nothing mundane or trivial. This is not a form of entertainment or escapism, quite the contrary, ‘tis is mental labour in its finest. When I say space out, I mean it, a kid imagining how he saves an entire school from a terrorist attack or continues a cool fight scene he t...

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The Charming Man: Friends Long Forgotten

Diego Alatriste Y Tenorio

Submitted to Contest #271

CW: Implications of violence / Profanity It is later than I expected – Thinks to herself a middle-aged woman, while walking towards an Irish Pub. Her old, beige trench coat hasn’t seen a washing for as long as it was serving its duty. Her grey hat, slightly tilted to the side, similarly can’t boast its pristine condition. Yet with all her ruggedness, akin to bedsheets after a long sleep, she still manages not only to look presentable, but intimidating. The at-all-times kept straight back together with her long legs are to blame. Elegant and ...

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The Charming Man: Savinkov's First Encounter

Diego Alatriste Y Tenorio

Submitted to Contest #263

CW: Implications of violence / Profanity“As it tends to happen, it is raining in Chicago” A man, well-put-together, in a free-flowing, almost spacious dark navy blue suit with stripes vertical to the body, stands with a cigarette in the right hand, and with the left in the pocket of his free-flowing, almost spacious dark navy blue suit pants with stripes vertical to his legs. His black, slick back hair only accentuates his rather lacking right eye, the hole of which is covered by an equally black eye patch. After yet another drag from his c...

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