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Submitted to Contest #305
As the last vestiges of daylight fade from the sky, it takes me only a few seconds to realise that I'm hopelessly lost. Trees, tall and imposing, crowd me on all sides. The sound of the vast woods surrounding me are like a sinister breath in my ears. And the burning pain in my lungs has me doubled over, hands gripping my thighs as I fight to catch my breath. A continuous buzz of panic is vibrating through my body, more powerfully than I have ever known before. Which is saying something, as I'm not exactly a stranger to the onslaught of terro...
Submitted to Contest #294
Jack couldn't speak - he could only scream as he woke up to the sound of his mother's voice whispering to him from the corner of his dark bedroom. Of course, it wasn't actually his mother, he knew that. How could it be, when she had died in a car accident just a little over a week earlier? 'Jack? Come over here, Jack. You can see me, can't you? Come over here, child... ' His chest was heavy, his bladder loose with fear. Looking over into the corner as he flailed amidst his perspiration-damp sheets, he realised that he could indeed ...
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