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Submitted to Contest #90
1692 I watched her leave the prison. Unlike the rest of the crowd, I was quiet. I had seen this before. The unfair punishment of the innocent. The uncontrolled rage of the scared. For the past 1,013 years I inhabited this earth, and generation after generation I noticed the same pattern. When a community is frightened of the unknown they force control over it. And if it can’t be controlled it must die. This was the unfortunate case of Bridget Bishop who found herself caught in the religious hysteria that was woven into the safety net of the ...
Submitted to Contest #89
I asked her to meet me at the coffee shop where we first met. I got there early because I didn’t want to leave her waiting. I can’t really express how nervous I was to see her again. I don’t think she’ll be as nervous, she might not even remember me. I ordered a cup of coffee and sat down near the window. The weather didn’t seem to help. It was raining a lot and it didn’t seem like it would stop. Every time I imagined her walking through the coffee shop door my heart began to race. Maybe this was a bad idea? The wind picked up as if fueling ...
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