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Submitted to Contest #99
My eyes shoot open. 2:19 A.M. stares back at me in glowing green text. I shift positions, intentionally obscuring my wristwatch. Three hours until the Barcelona presentation. I shouldn’t be awake. It was already a late night of preparation. Any less sleep and I won’t be on my game tomorrow. The entire account is at stake. I squeeze my eyes shut. I try to will myself out of consciousness. No luck. I feel the familiar tinge of dread spreading through my limbs. “The drive for perfection,” as my fellow investment bankers would say. The begin...
Submitted to Contest #98
Riale used to jealously guard his uncrossed lines. Then, the war began to take them from him—one by one, battle by battle. But he didn’t have time for such impractical thoughts. He peered through his telescope. From his vantage point on a low ridge, he could see the orange river snaking its way across the charred landscape. Sparks danced across the surface of the smoldering lava, and smoke billowed upward. He wiped his brow. Even from this distance, he could feel the heat. For a moment—before he could smother it—Riale felt the urge...
Submitted to Contest #97
My head hangs low as I walk up the crumbling steps to the abandoned house. I shove the door open—though “door” is a charitable world. It’s an old and rotted slab of wood, long removed from its frame. I strain until it budges enough to slip inside. I remember when I first stumbled—quite literally—across the house. I was on another bender—barely coherent—just a few weeks after they let me out of the hospital. It was late, but I couldn’t face Amy, not like that. And so I took refuge in the sad little home. It wasn’t much, but I could smoke ci...
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