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Submitted to Contest #301
Kornilov shifted in boots that were too big for him.He had been standing in a line of short, young soldiers for nearly two hours on a beaten-down dirt path within a poplar forest. About a half verst away a thick fog surrounded them in all directions, glowing. Rainfall set in an hour ago. His only source of entertainment while at attention was to watch the antics of the squadron officer in front of him– a middle-aged man with grey hair on his temples and a young, smooth face that, when combined with his droopy, blue eyes, made him look stupid...
Submitted to Contest #282
Within the watery world at a depth which penetrated little of any light stood therein brothers alike, not of blood, mucous creatures Oslo and Moore; two skulkers about the nighttime seafloor who journeyed west as their town’s women, children, and men began their midnight rest. They carried with them bright algae lanterns that lit the valley town and burned the black static of the ocean floor. As they walked they saw their footsteps get swallowed by the darkness and looked toward the town, which, at this distance, became a pale green dot that...
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