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Aditya Narain

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Drenched by the moist vapours of the sewage, Victor was surrounded by the silhouettes of clattering rats and snorkeling alligators lurking in the murky, stench-filled waters of Crime Alley's loo. To them, he's no different than a sultry, melting cup of fleshy Gelato. But he doesn't have time to think about his new neighbours. As he attempts to catch and hold his breath, he contemplates the events that preceded by. His entire crew was ambushed by Alberto's gang. Tributaries of blood gushed down their chests, converging like the fertile Nile ...

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Who ate Carl?

Weekly Contest #223

Carl's mother used to say, "Curiosity doesn't kill the cat. Instead, it becomes a superposition of various phases." No doubt she was a theoretical physicist, well versed in the quantum realms and the Holy Book of Principia Mathematica, but Carl only understood its meaning now. Or did he? Because till the end of the horizon, there was utter, complete darkness. Even the grim reaper would hesitate to merge with this opalescent void of nothingness. Maybe she was highlighting the probabilities of all possible outcomes he would take to navigate o...

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