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Weekly Contest #140
I lit my cigarette. The tip glowed red, like the fiery bellows of an angry dragon. I took a drag. During the summertime she’d always take me somewhere fun. Most of the time, it would be a surprise. I might’ve walked through the front door soaking wet from a water balloon fight with the neighborhood kids, but she’d usher me to the car nevertheless. And as I’d sit in the front seat, my clothes soaking through the seatbelt, she’d turn her face to smile at me. “We’re going to Disney!” she would shout. We never went to Disney. But ...
Weekly Contest #64
Let me tell you a love story. Once upon a time, there existed a very, very sad ghost. Well, to be fair, being dead doesn’t leave much room for happiness. Most humans - the living ones - don’t even remotely sense the presence of ghosts. The life of the ghost can be a harrowing, lonely existence as a result. But overall, it makes life (if you can even call it a “life”) easier and unperturbed by agonizing camaraderie. --- Modern horror movies tend to emphasize the version of the “ghost” that is vengeful and bo...
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