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Submitted to Contest #138
John Baker, although a man of a not very unique name, was a very unique person. This uniqeness was shown one dreary afternoon in a bar where he was resting with his friends after a long day. Slightly drunk, one of them, a tall, burly redhead called Frank, said: "Is anyone here daring to take on a bet?" They nodded, and the man continued, this time quietly, as if telling a secret: "If one of you manages to go the City Of Drear, stay in there for a night and come back, I'll give them 1 grand." He didn't think anyone would take on the challenge...
Submitted to Contest #118
Michael, an 11 year old child, couldn't see anything properly. He was lying down on something hard, and it looked like he was in a room of some sort. But he couldn’t be sure. There was black everywhere, as if there was a dark veil between his face and the outside world. He thought he heard… sobbing. He couldn’t feel almost anything. Was he… dying? He probably was; he could hear a heartbeat monitor beeping away now and then. “Is this what dying feels like?” But he couldn’t feel anything. It was like dying in a dream. He felt his eyes flutter,...
Amateur author. Wow, I havn't been online in a while. I'll get back to writing prompts soon!
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