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Weekly Contest #217
I sat in a dark and quiet slumber for so long until late. Many, many seasons ago it had been since a handful of men nailed boards to my doors and windows, bringing quiet and darkness to my halls for the first time since I came to be. For a while it was just lonely but slowly the paper began to degrade and peel from my walls, scattering prints of flowers all throughout my floors. A lonesome pain. The branches of trees around me started to push against my siding, scraping the paint away. Cold air would come and my wood contracted from every na...
Weekly Contest #216
"Why are you here?" Ryan always asked questions he knew the answer to when he was frustrated. She rolled her eyes. Exasperated, she looked out the floor to ceiling windows. Just through the reflection of the white oak wood paneling of the shop's interior her eyes caught some construction workers climbing scaffolding across the street. She looked back at him with a slow blink. "I work here." She said, clearly familiar with his ruse. Stubbornly he pressed, "No I mean, why are we here?" A young man dressed in black slacks, a button up, and a re...
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