Richard Downie

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“Advice From A Darwin Award Winner” by Richard Downie

Submitted to Contest #221

Of all the possible ways, why did it have to be this one? I could have gone out in a blaze of blood-splattered glory, careening off a cliff in a stolen car, going over the top of a World War 1 trench, blown to smithereens while defusing a bomb, a heroic casualty who sacrificed himself so that others might live. If not a heroes’ death, I could at least have met my end while having some fun. A heart attack in a Thai brothel, an explosion on a powerboat, a stage diving accident at a Phil Collins gig. But no, I had to die in the most pro...

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