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Submitted to Contest #332
The rain hadn’t started yet—not quite—but the sky sagged with the threat of it, swollen and purple like a bruise across the spine of the world. Mara could feel the pressure in her teeth. Her father used to say storms warned those who listened closely. She’d never believed him until the day he died, lightning splitting the sky the same hour his lungs finally gave out.Now, she listened to the weather the way some listened to God.The road winding up to her brother’s house was narrow and carved into the hillside, a place where one wrong step mea...
Submitted to Contest #242
The crisp night air nipped at Huebert’s cheeks. Just a few more minutes of silent patience before his part of the job started. Leaning against the concrete wall of the Modern Museum of Art, he pivoted his head from left to right to make sure there was no one patrolling outside the building. “Ok Pierre,” Huebert whispered into his Bluetooth earbud. “All quiet on the western front.” He pulled up his black long sleeve and checked his watch - exactly 11:58pm - two minutes before a vital shift change of security guards. Fo...
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