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Submitted to Contest #35
Boom. An explosion rattled the building and shook me out of my sleep. I groaned and rolled over in my bed. “Five more minutes,” I muttered.Another explosion sounded in the distance. I sat up groggily and checked my digital bedside clock. It was turned off. That’s weird, I thought. But as my eyes swept my small, dim bedroom, I quickly realized that all of my electronic devices were turned off. My clock, my alarm, even my phone, when I tried to turn it on, all had dark screens. A blood-chilling scream from outside shook me out of my slugg...
Submitted to Contest #34
To: Amanda MartinFrom: Helena MilanoDate: November 18, 1997, 10:54 AMDear Ms. Amanda Martin,We regret to inform you that your daughter, Kayla Martin, has seemingly disappeared from the Columbia University campus, unannounced and under mysterious circumstances. Kayla’s roommates, Audrey Meyer and Page Blanchet, reported her missing on the morning of November 18th, 1997 to my office after she did not return to her dorm room on the night of November 17th, 1997. Both Audrey and Page allegedly tried to contact Kayla by calling her through their m...
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