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Weekly Contest #345
I observe keenly as the scorching wax drips onto your hand. You tremble in pain and alarm, the candle nearly falls to the pavement and I prepare my onslaught. A look of grim resilience crosses your unkempt face, the resolute desire for life causes your fist to tighten around the wick. My enthusiasm does not wane, what your holding is little more than a stump, and the last of the pack you rationed. I’ve watched as you have burned through each one. You can’t keep me away for much longer.The petrol station is empty of replacements, you’ll see s...
Weekly Contest #335
Do not drink the water. Do not eat the food. Your stomach is so empty, when it growls the echoes bounce around your innards. There is no-one to speak to, but if there was, speech would be unavailable to you. Your throat cracks. The impatient hunger you felt before dinner as a child. The greedy thirst on school sports day, sweating under the sun. Mouth parched before exams. This isn’t like those faraway times. Do not drink the water. Do not eat the food. But why? There it is, laid out in the party room, cherries on top glistening under the ...
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