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Weekly Contest #267
My family gathered in the old, white, dusty living room where my grandfather’s face stared at us from the painting above the fireplace. My father wore the same gray clothes he wore the day before. He concealed the same eagerness to start another conversation with, “You wouldn’t believe what I heard about dreams on my way from work!” My mother took the bait and replied, “What about them??! Did they find a way to get them back?!!” she knew deep down they ...
Weekly Contest #266
It was a sunny afternoon. The heat escaped me, but I could somehow sense its presence, like the pain of a lost limb. That being the only knowledge the world left me with, my mind wandered. Unknown, unseen, I started to doubt my own existence. It’s hard to sympathize with one’s self when it is out of reach. The world has turned its back on me in the purgatory where I now abide. Even in emptiness, traces of a former life resides, haunting me, prying on my peace of mind for what seemed like an eternity. A body resembling mine lay on the floor, ...
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