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Weekly Contest #31
I pulled my car up to one of the two gas pumps and killed the engine. I had been on the road for at least five hours straight, taking no stops and no breaks. Exhaustion had begun to pull at my concentration as the sun slowly set. This spur of the moment road trip had not felt like I had imagined it. It was supposed to be an escape from life but ended up just feeling like life and I ended up just feeling even more stressed. I laid my head against the headrest and took a deep breath. Get you some snacks and caffeine to get your head on straigh...
Weekly Contest #30
They pulled off to the side of the highway and let me out. I tipped them and they sped off. I turned and faced the woods. The coordinates led somewhere that was unreachable by car, so I had to continue on foot. The more I stared into the woods, the more dark and foreboding it became. An odd familiar feeling began to creep up my legs and onto my back, and the louder my gut yelled to not go. What would be waiting for me? Treasure? A house? A dead body? Death? A car sped by, startling me out of my thoughts. I began walking into the deep, overgr...
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