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Submitted to Contest #248
The night was dark, as most nights were, and the city loomed quiet and sinister around her. Boarded and broken windows lined the street, the occasional loose shutter moaning in the wind before clattering towards the pavement. The bricks seemed to be shrinking into themselves, steeling themselves against their abandonment. Every few blocks, a street light flickered, struggling against the smothering black and blue of the air. The moon, which sometimes gave the city a silvery, colorless illumination, was blotted out by clouds, and a cold drizz...
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