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Submitted to Contest #91
The fluorescent ceiling light was buzzing overhead, and Ryo thought it might be the only sound in the entire library. He glanced at his watch and a digital 2:27 AM stared back at him. The watch had been a gift from his father when Ryo had decided to pursue physics. His father had been, notoriously, a lover of bad puns, so as mocking as the face of the watch seemed at this moment, reflecting such wee hours as it was, the engraving on the back, JUST NUMBERS, never failed to lighten his spirits and spur his motivations when he needed it mos...
Submitted to Contest #90
“Potential energy,” the arborist said. “Come again?” asked the plump, business-casual man standing next to him. The heat was making his short-sleeved button up shirt damp in spots and it was sticking to him in places. Beads of sweat were forming along his receding hairline. “That’s what the trees are after they’re cut down,” he explained, as if it were the most fascinating thing in the world. “They might be dead, but, the way I see it, their bodies are full of this potential energy. You know that kind of energy you learn about in element...
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