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Submitted to Contest #14
It kicks off on a yacht with the delivery of an important letter.Slap. Slap! The small ripple of cresting waves rocks the vessel back and forth, resembling the motion of a child's cradle or wooden horse pressing it against the dock bumpers.A delivery man stands on the dock; his voice calls out. "Hello, hello, anyone on board?" The question goes unanswered, as a letter is dropped beside the ship's wheel. The delivery person jumps to the dock and disappears in a crowd of partygoers converging upon the deck of a sailboat tied off next to the ve...
Submitted to Contest #13
The air around his head grew warmer than usual as the typical clunk of the AC grew quiet, now just a hum. Stretching his arms and legs out straight, pushed the ball of his feet against the sheet at the foot of the bed. A familiar and distinct sound of ripping cloth broke the silence as the big untrimmed toes pushed through the worn threads of the sheet. Wiggling them looked like Casper the ghost winking at him from the foot of the bed; it was Halloween after all. His eyes hurt and felt like a pail of sand had fallen in them from last ni...
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