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Submitted to Contest #45
The schools are now empty standing like sentinels waiting for something to happen. The children are all gone, nowhere to be found on this nice sunny day. What has our generation done to create such a scene of horror to the average eye. The eyes that once saw what children at play looked like. What true freedom really was. How security made us feel. It was there once upon a time, but somehow it has become lost in the past few decades of living. People are no longer concerned with the well being of their fellow man or even thems...
Submitted to Contest #44
He cracked it. He had really cracked the mathematical code for human and maybe even animal thoughts. The only thing Martin could think in that moment was that everything, from here on out, would change forever. But before he got ahead of himself he decided he had better retest the formula several times before submitting it to his peers.Stepping back from the chalkboard he took in the whole formula that spanned four fifths of the board in front of him. Looking at it in its entirety he could not believe something so simple could represent...
Submitted to Contest #43
“Chris, Chris time to wake up”, came his mother’s words through a heavy fog of dreams. Her hand nudged at him to wake and show some signs of life. He pretended to ignore it. The hand became more insistent, pushing harder, almost knocking him out of bed.“Chris, come on, I’m late for work. Get up!”“Maaaauuum, stop. I’ll get up, just go away”, responded Chris. The only thing he didn’t want was to have to go to school today. There was going to be someone specifically waiting for him there that he didn’t care to confront.  For months now, Ch...
Just testing the flowing word waters.
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