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Submitted to Contest #249
“Is the match confirmed for tonight?” that was the text I received on the messaging app from my brother Jorge that Sunday afternoon. I had forgotten about our plan, having bought beer and popcorn to watch Flamengo's football game on TV. As usual, I hadn't checked my schedule on Sunday, and I had forgotten about my brotherly commitment.We had a small age difference, just over a year. Jorge was older but had repeated a grade in school, so that we had spent many long years in the same class, and many colleagues even thought we were twins, despi...
Submitted to Contest #248
It was the best of times, I woke up to the sound of birds singing. Instinctively, I looked out the window, which I routinely left open to wake up with the sunrise and the chirping of birds. However, it was the worst of times, I was no longer in Phalopia, my homeland, where real birds frequented my window, but in Hibernum, where I had been living for over 10 years. The sound of the birds was artificial, coming from speakers embedded in the ceiling, which I couldn’t turn off. At least I could choose which alarm I wanted, and the sound of the b...
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