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Submitted to Contest #318
The final university track and field sprint was close. It could be measured by a hairline, and only the photo-finish camera could catch it. All the sprinters circled around as the intercom announced the winners: Joe Spitzer, first place; Dwayne Riley, second place; and Michael Roland, third place. Dwayne’s face became flaccid, and his eyes settled into a vacant gaze. His whole life could be summed up to this moment—second place. Dwayne was a dreamer since childhood. In the fifth grade, the students in his physical science class had to compet...
Submitted to Contest #317
Sensitive content: Alcohol and drug use, an allusion to sex, violence, and murder. Loneliness is the worst type of guerilla warfare, where it cyclically hits you at your lowest, leaves you, and comes back, until you can’t take it anymore. Sure, I’ve had a few one-night stands over the past twenty-four years, but the army isn’t forgiving in love. You never stay in one place long enough to develop any sort of relationship. Especially being in military intelligence, when you’re always in isolated or classified locations. Since I had my discharg...
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