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Submitted to Contest #325
A cold gust of air blew my bangs out of my face, sending a sinister shiver down my spine. There I was, face to face with the black abyss that lived underneath our house. My heart raced, breathing quickly I exhale a shaky cloud, disappearing as soon as it came. As if it were afraid of me too. The stench of decades worth of carcass filled my nose, sending a burning sensation down the back of my throat. I quickly raise the sleeve of my sweater to my face, easing the gut-retching odor. “I don’t remember it smelling this bad” I choke through...
Submitted to Contest #274
Low chirps of the field crickets filled my ears as I rested my head against the pillow. It’s 2:34 am and I haven’t had an ounce of sleep. I blamed it on the mysterious and unexplainable noises of the countryside, but deep down I know that there is something else tormenting me. I shut my eyes for what feels like a second when suddenly I was awoken by the earsplitting buzzing of my 7 o’clock alarm. “First day on the new job,” I softly murmur to myself while rolling out of bed. The job is nothing special, just something to keep my mind busy whi...
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