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Weekly Contest #330
The airport waiting lot was a gravel patch under a sky the color of wet cement. Rain tapped out an unsteady rhythm on the roof of Liam’s beat-up sedan, making the world outside look blurry and inconclusive, which felt appropriate.Maya was perched on the passenger seat, not really sitting, but suspended, halfway between the leather and the future. Her carry-on bag, a garishly purple monstrosity she’d named ‘The Monster,’ sat importantly between her feet.“Are you sure you have enough charge on your earbuds for the first leg?” Liam asked, his ...
Weekly Contest #325
(*note* Story contains mention of ghosts and death as well as evil spirits.) They call it Purgatory Chasm—a name that sounds like a warning. Seventy feet of granite split open above the rough waters of Narragansett Bay, where the mist never quite lifts and the air always smells faintly of salt and rust. It sits just beyond Second Beach, at the edge locals call Surfer’s End for its wild waves and unpredictable surf.For all its beauty, Purgatory Chasm has always carried a darkness. Its name isn’t just poetic—it’s earned. The drop between its ...
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