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Weekly Contest #100
“Could you pass the salt?” Amid the quiet, slow munching of ten exhausted survivors, there was a faint, but unforgettable, beeping. The woman designated as the Counter tapped slowly and steadily and whispered, “five.” We all nodded silently and continued eating. The wait was unbearable. The match was lit, salvation was at hand, and here we sat together for one, final meal. It was then that the man’s comment rose like a steamy hiss from a rice cooker, a device I hadn’t used in years but appeared in my mind as vivid as the ash, filth...
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