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Submitted to Contest #275
Everything was dark, every movement arduous, and yet nothing hurt. My brain was as impaired as my vision, though as my vision began to clear, the same did not hold true for my brain. I felt no panic, just confusion, a general dullness. What was that sound? That light? Was someone speaking to me?Someone was definitely speaking, but I couldn’t understand the words. At first, I thought my ears were the problem until I realized I didn’t know the language. I creaked my jaw open in an attempt to speak, but a mumble and a moan were all that escaped...
Submitted to Contest #240
An underground draft brushes the back of my neck, a weightless hand that tickles the hairs in warning. Ahead of us, a shadow creeps through the room at the end of the long hallway where a single, weak bulb is the solitary source of light. The lumbering movement of the shadow belies its ability to outrun any human, its occasional predatory thrashing the only indication of its intentions. Beside me, my big sister’s wide eyes glisten in the near-darkness, her rapid puffs of warm breath on my cheek. I steady myself on the rough concrete wall wit...
Submitted to Contest #183
I’m going to kill her. Feet pounding down the pavement, his hand slid along the bulge in his overcoat for the thousandth time, tracing the solid bulk of the gun within. She did it for the last time. The last goddamn time. The bitter wind tugged at his hair, billowing it out into a sea of black tentacles. The bare trees and cloudy sky passed unseen overhead, the rumble of traffic an unregistered background hum. He had never been a violent person, had never harmed anyone, not even an animal. The gun had been locked away since he had bo...
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