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Weekly Contest #352
The Maurepas Swamp had swallowed men before, and it would swallow Ray Donner, too, if the night had its way. The rain pressed down like drowned burlap. Sweat streamed from beneath Ray's stolen baseball cap, stinging his eyes, pooling at the collar of the jacket he'd snatched off a clothesline three parishes over. His prison-issue pants, soaked to the knees, clung to his calves like leeches. Pausing beside a massive tupelo, its trunk scarred by decades of flood and drought, he rubbed his palm against bark slick with moss. The tree's heartbeat...
Weekly Contest #350
Once upon a time, I was late for lunch. I know, not exactly the stuff of legend. No dragons, no heroic duels, not even a sword stuck in anything remotely interesting. While this tale has none of those things, it is true—except for the parts that aren't—and it begins with hunger, as do most bad decisions. I'm Fennick, official jester to King Roland of Rowlings. My job description: tell jokes, offer running commentary on royal business, and, unofficially, avoid dying. The last one isn't in the contract, but it's hard to deliver a punchline fro...
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