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Submitted to Contest #58
Monday, April 14th, 9:56 a.m.Johnny Atlas leaves his cubicle and speed-walks down the aisle, past the water stand and the receptionist’s desk, doing his utmost to avoid eye contact with his talkative coworkers. He is on his way up. Up the building, up the ranks, up the corporate ladder. And with each step away from the bland walls and stale lights of the office where he has spent the last 344 weekdays of his boring life, Johnny feels more and more like he is floating. Now is his chance to escape the dregs of the bottom floor and rise to grea...
Submitted to Contest #52
The clocks were not in sync. The towering dark mahogany grandfather clock by the window ticked steadily away, while a small white clock hung on the opposite wall, which was covered in horrendous turquoise wallpaper. Each of the clocks’ respective second hands ticked alternately to the other, creating a sort of accelerated atmosphere in the poorly lit office. Time rushed through the room like smoke through a chimney; no amount of willpower could restrain its advance. This strange feeling jolted me from my reverie. I stood...
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