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Submitted to Contest #311
It was the centennial celebration of the Wall’s construction in the Kingdom of Seren. From the lowliest commoner to the highest royal, citizens gathered in the squares, standing arm in arm beneath cascades of flower petals that danced on the wind. Musicians filled the air with songs of remembrance. Melodies woven from the momentous day a hundred years ago, when the Hero of Seren gave her life to birth the Wall’s power. Her sacrifice became legend. Her life force, bound in a gem of shimmering light, was set at the Wall’s peak. There it puls...
Submitted to Contest #310
The wastebasket steadily filled with crumpled balls of paper. Each one a reminder of his failures. It sat in the corner of Otis' peripheral vision, a constant symbol of the talent he no longer possessed. The pile taunted him—not only reminding him of his lost ability, but of the reason it had been extinguished. Otis stared out the window of his high-rise at the beautiful day. Sunlight streamed through, casting its warm rays over his desk, illuminating yet another blank sheet of paper. How dare the world be so beautiful? How dare life march ...
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