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Submitted to Contest #293
“She always loved this stretch on the railroad. Helen, my wife, I mean. Going through this very spot was her favourite part about our weekly trips to London, a treat of sorts!” I spoke to no one in particular, but there was a man much the same age as me sat on my right, and a young woman opposite, both of whom became an audience to my early morning monologue. I glanced at the woman who offered me a warm smile, so I continued:“You see, when you get to that hill over there - the one that’s quite far now but will be close soon enough - rig...
Submitted to Contest #279
The disappearances were infrequent at first. There would be one, sometimes two every few weeks and then everything went quiet. Occasionally the breaks lasted longer, and you’d almost start to think life was getting back to normal, but then someone else vanished, and the temporary illusion of normality was once again shattered.A disappearance wasn’t a sudden event but rather a slow drawn-out process which took several days to complete. First the person’s overall frame started to fade, then their bones became brittle and lost the strength...
Submitted to Contest #278
After uttering his last words, he closed his eyes and never opened them again. His mouth was still open, as if he had run out of energy halfway through closing it. He inhaled the tiniest bit of air, savored it one last time, and after letting it escape, he was goneThere lay my father. Or rather, there now lay his body - a vessel of flesh that had housed his immortal soul for the past eighty-seven years. What had been a strong and solid home at first had grown fragile with the passing years, until in the end it was nothing but a decaying unin...
Submitted to Contest #275
“How long have I been here?”I must have only said it in my head, for when I opened my mouth it formed no words.I had to try again. I had to try harder.“Hhhehhh…,” just a whisper but the sound nearly suffocated me. No one would be able to hear that. And no one would be able to help if they didn’t hear me or find me.And I had to get help, or I would die here. Someone must be nearby; someone must hear me! I tried again, no sound nor words.Panic came over me. Nerves at the nape of my neck tingled, the echo reverberating all the way down my body ...
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