Nicholas Schramm

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“The Janus Expedition” by Nicholas Schramm

Submitted to Contest #243

Jeremiah . . . Jeremiah . . . JEREMIAH . . . JEREMIAH!!!My eyes snapped open. The foreign voice had brought me out of a strange dream. In it, I’d been floating on the Dead Sea, a place I’ve never been but would love to visit one day. This wasn’t the oddity of the dream, however. While floating, I had been doing . . . nothing. Sitting, bobbing, looking off into the distance but picking up nothing of detail; it had been like I was—“JEREMIAH! ARE YOU WITH ME?”The voice penetrated my skull, reverberating through my brain. I cried out and my han...

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“Careful Steps Tread on Dangers” by Nicholas Schramm

Submitted to Contest #242

I did everything I could; I really did. First, I tried to reason with Mr. Whentley, then I pleaded, and finally I begged. “It must be Wednesday, Samuel. That’s when they’ll be in town, and you know how valuable their time is. I will not make them wait.” “But-but . . .” My protests were left in his wake as he strode from the room. Conversely, I was stuck to my place, reluctant to move as if doing so was a final admission that my protests had been quashed for good. When I could finally accept the quashing, I returned to my cramped office and ...

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