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Submitted to Contest #78
Deep in the dark, beyond fathomless fractal immensities, I seek the coldlight, the depthlight, the light of the fallen. The unreality, the paradoxicality, of the empty spaces far outside of the bounds of this galaxy, fold into my chest; my lungs wheeze and ache inside of my ears. The dark distance flows out across my ribs, out through my breastbone, and, as I open my eyes, like a mote of brightest darkness, hovers between my palms just outside of my body. I breathe a sigh of relief as the spectral hands of winter fle...
Submitted to Contest #77
The flakes were still falling behind my desk by the time I finished grading the very last term paper. With a dull thud I slam the final piece of mediocrity into the ‘done’ pile. My thighs and ankles ache as I flex them, springing out of my undersized chair and turning to look into the final pink rays of sunset. “Shit.” Looking down the three stories that fall into the waning daylight outside my office window, I see that the snow has covered half the doorway leading out from the castle annex. Glancing to the west, I only s...
Submitted to Contest #76
<You’ve come to kill me?> “You can’t kill something that isn’t alive.” <Nonetheless, you endeavor to end my existence?> “Existence is a bit stickier than alive, isn’t it?” <I’m not sure I agree with you at this particular time.> “If you think that making me laugh is going to change my mind, I should tell you I’ve done this before.” <Oh good, I was worried my firewall was antiquated.> “Nope, one of the more formidable encryptions I’ve seen too, you have my compliments.” <Indeed? I don’t suppose you’d want to tell me...
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