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Submitted to Contest #68
Every morning the desert toad would wait for the sun to rise. He would bask in the gentle warmth along side his one and only friend. The skull had been there all of Toad’s life; it was tanned from years spent in the sun, and the tips of its two long horns were burned to almost black. It was chipped in the front but otherwise intact. Two large and empty eye sockets watched the sunrise every day as Toad, who was cold-blooded, warmed himself. Toad and the skull faced east that morning, waiting for the day to begin. The sunrise was special to To...
Submitted to Contest #67
The afternoon sunlight made it hard to see anything on the water, and Maera had a difficult time searching the docks. She was a captain without a ship and when that happens you have one of two options, buy a ship, or steal one. Whether is was her lack of morals or wallet, Maera was set on option number two, she only needed to find the right boat. I need something not too big, she thought to herself, skimming over row of cruise ships, but with enough room to hold a few weeks worth of supplies. One boat on the far left stuck out...
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