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Submitted to Contest #102
I eat my cereal in a hurry, careful not to spill any milk. I had slept in: my baby brother had kept us up half the night crying and wailing. The news on the TV was no longer new. Jagged the serial killer was still on the loose somewhere in Maryland. Jagged got his name from the way he killed: jagged cuts of a knife along each of the victims' limbs. However, he was a quick killer: there was always evidence that the throat was cut first, quickly. He just liked to give his dead victims more cuts. He was described to have sandy brown hair and bl...
Submitted to Contest #100
I packed my things for the trip. Cotton swabs - enough to use two a day. A few sets of plastic water bottles. More paper for my writing prompts. Sunscreen - lots of sunscreen. Small sets of travel toothpaste. My shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, body wash, and other things - all in plastic containers. I picked up the phone and called Nevin. "Nevin, are you coming?" "No, I have a project." "You're still going on and on about that stupid project? One person can't make a difference." "It's a real problem! I don't care if I can't reverse it. ...
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