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Submitted to Contest #92
Darkness encroaches on every nook and cranny of the pitch-black hallway. The cold damp atmosphere sent chills through my spine as I stumble forward, a dim lantern being my only source of light to guide me on my path. This place always creeped me out, ever since I started working here twenty-five years ago. In all my years, I never thought the atrocities that happened today to be possible. There is a weight on my chest that fills my mind with dread and my heart with worry. This place has never seen a form of darkness like the one that blanket...
Submitted to Contest #79
Self-Deprivation It was cold, damp, and dark. I couldn’t see a damn thing in any direction, until the humming of moving electricity shot through the darkness and ignited the emergency light leading down the hall. With flickering visibility, I toiled my way through. With each footstep, a splash of dust erupts from under my foot and into the air, making it stuffy and thick. In a desperate attempt to clear my lungs, I begin to hack and cough, violently rattling my rib cage and chest. My throat began to feel hoarse and raw, as if sandpaper had b...
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