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Submitted to Contest #99
’10...’ The countdown began. ‘9...’ The voice over the tannoid was croaky and hoarse, ‘8...’ And the bad quality of the speakers made it muffled too. ‘7...’ Someone started to cry out for their family. ‘6...’ They were a few rows behind me. ‘5...’ Some other people began to call out for families. ‘4...’ People began to move around, ‘3...’ Grasping at each other in one last goodbye. ‘2...’ The floor began to shake. ‘1...’ I closed my eyes. ‘0...’ Something lighted up in a passionate white and I suddenly felt heavy. I couldn’t control my body ...
Submitted to Contest #74
I moved into a new house the other week. The estate agents had told me about the people who had lived next door but had left the other day as the eldest son had been convicted of murder. The agents though it might have put me off buying the house but for some odd reason, call it intrigue or a strange curiosity, it made me want to move in even more. After I had asked more about the case, I was given a letter from the previous tenant of the house, a teenage girl, which was addressed to me as the person who would be moving into the house next. ...
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