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Submitted to Contest #78
“So, tell me,” the journalist asks, “tell me how you get these beetles to fight each other. Don’t they ever get stubborn?” “Sure they do,” I reply and walk with him to the tank at the far end of the room. “But as you can see, this one kinda owes me.” Behind the thick prescription glasses, his eyes were wide and scrutinizing. I was never fond of press folk, but I did like the nerdy ones, because they had good questions. “He has a state-of-the-art enclosure, expensive food, protection from other bugs,“ I continue. “Not that the latter is a pro...
Submitted to Contest #77
The sun shone brightly that day. Had the climate been normal, it would’ve been a perfect day for the beach. The pearly-white ice, however, did not allow wishful thinking to outshine it. Rhys was perched on his look-out spot up on the rock with his well-kept binoculars. He had been quiet for a few minutes. “What are you looking at?” Mitski called out from behind him, sitting at the foot of the elevation. In his fur, Rhys looked like a giant owl spying. “I’ve spotted it again. The Runalong.” he announced. “Why do you keep calling it that...
Submitted to Contest #76
”I’m almost impressed. No one gets a table at Akita.” ”I get tables at Akita. I own the place.” ”You own Akita Lounge? When the hell did that happen?" ”Spare change." ”I still don’t understand what we’re doing here." ”You’re my brother. It’s your birthday. You like Japanese food." ”Geez, it’s my birthday today? You serious?" ”Shut up …" ”Seriously, I had totally forgotten. What am I now - one hundred, one hundred and twenty? What is life, what is reality …?" ”I said, shut up." ”So what do you need?" ”What do I need?" "Is it money?" "Absolute...
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