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Submitted to Contest #272
Shadows of the Marathon Clara stood in the midst of more than three hundred other participants, somewhere in the middle of all them, swallowing the impulse to pace the area. Even if she did let it take control, though, there wasn’t any space for her to even shuffle her feet, much less pace. On the foggy October morning, there shouldn’t have been this many people crowded at the starting line of the track, but it was the annual marathon that took place every autumn, and many had been inspired to join. Clara was used to running — she’d ...
Submitted to Contest #117
Finally!” exclaimed Ella. It was time for trick or treating. It was 6:00 pm on Friday the 29 October 2021. She smoothly got into her halloween costume : a Vampire. The girl had put on a dirty white shirt-dress complete with a cloak and had face-painted her face pale white. She slid on some fake fangs and messed up her blonde, straight hair. She quickly grabbed her halloween basket and went down the stairs. “ Just in time,” her mother, who was called Olivia, said. “ Your sister has just gone out,” she said cheerfully. Olivia had set up a tray...
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