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Submitted to Contest #37
Night had fallen over the sleepy town of Dachau. A wicked biting frost overtook the street and the glossy cobblestone mirrored the majesty of the stars above. Lamps twinkled on and windows were slammed shut just as the Hommerbrau Inn opened its doors.A procession of townsfolk shuffled in from the storm outside. In no time at all the room was filled with golden clinking glasses and idle conversation. Against the crisp night sky, the smoke of that days work filled the street window. The people sat under auburn halogen lamps and drank from pers...
Submitted to Contest #35
“A man packs his own bag and carries it with him”My father’s words come back to me in gray tones, a smirking epitaph that hung over my bed. I was startled awake in a cold sweat and had been tossing and turning for weeks. The dream was always the same. I was running through the forest, twisting around corners, cutting my ankles on the underbrush and my face on stray branches. I never looked back, but could clearly hear...something...pursuing me, the vegetation giving way to it without reproach. It’s labored breathing was always an arm's lengt...
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