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Charlie A

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The 10K at the End of the World or: The Incident in Salinas

Weekly Contest #344

“...BILLIONS WILL DIE FROM ASTEROID ‘2156 KATE’ IN 2026…”“...SURVIVORS WILL ABANDON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH AND LIVE UNDERGROUND…”“...THE WORLD ABOVE US WILL BELONG TO THE DOGS AND CATS…” An excerpt from interviews with a manic depressive, possibly paranoid schizophrenic, January 13th, 2018 - Salinas County Gazette The detective was sweating under the lights in my room. It was designed to make me sweat but I was perfectly fine. The noise from the heater filled the room, though. I was very confused at first. “So six years ago, you met this m...

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Greenland

Weekly Contest #110

“We have plenty of time,” I say casually to my best friend Tulok as we make our way onto the beach. We were fifteen when the Invaders first came upon us on those “long kayaks” we called them. Tulok and I were tasked to maintain a lookout this year and we were beyond excited. It was the first time we’d been chosen for this. This beach was the edge of the world and no one wanted the job. We took it because we’d be that much farther from the village that we hated all our lives. We were supposed to stay here for almost a year with seasonal ...

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Laika

Weekly Contest #99

Moscow The sun was setting. It was cold and Laika was hungry again. “food, more food.” There were others nearby. “water.” She’d been attacked the night before.  “this isn’t food.” The others had been after her for a piece of bread. “do they have bread?” She flips her head around suddenly. Different light now. From down the alley. “food?? there could be others.” Laika wanders towards the new light to a fire on the street. The others huddled around it. “you have food? this is warm.” A new sound. A can or a bottle. The others bark defian...

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