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Submitted to Contest #76
"It wasn't murder, it was justice!""What you did was barbaric.""It was no more than he deserved, for what he did. I'd do it again, a thousand times more. I don't regret it.""But you admit it?""That I did it? Yes.""By burying him to his neck in a badger set, leaving him there.""A warning to others, that such behaviour is unacceptable.""What did he actually do?""Do I have to go through it all again?""Yes, you have been read your rights and have declined representation at this time.""Yes.""And you admit that you murdered...""It wasn't murder it...
Submitted to Contest #51
I wake on the morning of my sixteenth birthday in a dormitory of empty beds. Sunlight fills the room for I have chosen to leave the blinds up and, as I am the last occupant, there are none to challenge my decision to wake at dawn. A slight breeze from the window open by my bed brings with it the scent of flowers, the sound of bird song competes with the trickle of a stream that runs behind the building to a pool of calm water, its surface broken by lilies and bulrushes, alive with dragonflies dancing across the surface. I shower, the water r...
Submitted to Contest #42
iTevenson Hopkins took the head off his pint while he waited for the barman to return with his change. He was careful to count it before dropping into his pocket, satisfied he nodded his thanks and carried the drink back to his seat in the corner. Scowling at the youths sat in his usual spot just to the left of the inglenook fireplace (tucked away from general view but still close enough to feel the warmth) he placed his pint on a beermat then removed his raincoat, folded it up and put it on the stool next to the table. He undid the buttons ...
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