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Submitted to Contest #296
Mortimer Williams stood before the bathroom mirror on a Tuesday morning, razor in hand, throat exposed. The blade hovered an inch from his carotid artery while he studied his reflection with the detached curiosity of a scientist examining a particularly disappointing specimen."You're going to be late for the budget meeting," his wife called from downstairs, her voice carrying the practiced patience of someone who'd spent fifteen years managing his schedule.Mortimer didn't respond. Something had cracked inside him during last night's dinner p...
Submitted to Contest #295
Jordan Mercer stared at the eviction notice taped to his apartment door. Third one this year. The paper trembled in his hand, not from the wind but from the quiet rage that had become his constant companion. Forty-two years on this planet and what did he have to show for it? A collection of failures stacked like corpses in a forgotten war.He crumpled the notice and shoved it into his pocket, stepping into his apartment – still his for the next seventy-two hours. The walls seemed to pulse with a dull mockery. The space felt smaller each day, ...
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