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Submitted to Contest #99
"Subject Zero,state your name." Names. I had none,at least not in the sense they were asking for. I had names,but none of them were what they had asked me for over the years. "I have gained many names over these many years of mine ,sir.They call me nino demon,boy of tears,the horror of the lab. They call me lamb within a lion,freak,fiend,weirdo,subject,and mistake. They call me the headless tiger,the bloody nightmare,hablano,freak of nature,murder,fallen angel,savior,killer. But I think you are most familiar with the term "Beast of Mexico"...
Elsie walked through the tall,never-ending trees that grew in the pinewood forest behind her house. She hummed,watching the sunset and admired how the sun dipped below the trees,like a regal queen or something. It painted the sky gorgeous shades of gold,purple and scarlet,and she smiled. She couldn't remember the last time she had seen something so glorious. She felt a tug at her heart,and she pulled out her camera from it's old leather case. She focused the lenses on the setting sun,and a click was heard. She smiled to herself,and continued...
Submitted to Contest #98
My name is Lacy Kreen. I am hiding from the end of the world. That might sound like something from a sci-fi horror story,but for me it is reality. Iβm hiding with my little brother. God save us from those monsters. I donβt want to die,please save us. A small girl walked forward. Her eyes darted around,like an animal hiding from an apex predator. A young boy clung to her back,trembling. The two glanced back and forth. The first thing you'd have noticed about them is that they're covered in a sticky onyx gloop,and that they're both out of b...
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