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Submitted to Contest #315
The alarm went off at 3:45 a.m. and jarred Oliver out of a deep sleep. He'd been dreaming again. It was the same scene as always. He stood in a field vibrant with color and teeming with life. Tall indigo grain swayed gently, weighed down by slightly darker seed pods that clung to his trousers as he moved. In the distance, mountains the color of red clay loomed large on the horizon. Nearby, what looked like an orchard was at their feet, but the trees—if that's what they were—seemed wrong. The distance made it hard to judge, but they looked mu...
Submitted to Contest #314
The television forecasters had been calling it a heatwave, but that was such a drastic understatement as to be laughable, according to Alejandra Jiminez. She would have said just that if anyone had bothered asking her, but no one did. They should, she thought grimly, following the trail towards the sound of voices ahead. Alejandra often thought of her job as a Death Valley National Park Ranger in two ways: protect the park from the people and protect the people from themselves. The latter was more difficult. As her smart watch started buzzin...
Submitted to Contest #313
Best Kase Scenario "This is complete horseshit," Kasey mused, tossing the complaint over one shoulder like a discarded wrapper. The hike was Kayden's idea, after all, like it always was, so it was his responsibility to take the abuse for her acceptance. She didn't even bother to look back and gauge his reaction. She didn't have to. He was her twin and she'd memorized the glint of long-suffering humor in his eyes eons ago. It had always seemed to her that Kayden had been born with the foreknowledge of his place in the world and carried an inn...
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