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Weekly Contest #288
Darkness was settling in like a cliche from every dramatic movie ever. The horizon was rich with those clouds every writer calls ‘ominous’. It had been a smooth ride so far, the calm before the storm. Jesse looked over at his Captain, a Russian man with whom he often flew. Although Maksim was usually quite focused and generally quiet, he looked especially deep in his work today with his full brows furrowed and tightly knit. The duo had accumulated a couple hundred hours together in their past year at Midwest Air. Jesse often swapped trips wi...
Weekly Contest #287
CW: Contains themes of animal aging and impending lossShe was in utter disbelief, leading to a string of confusion and anger as she looked down into her porcelain cup of organic lavender tea. Tears had been held back only briefly, and she wasn’t proud of letting them out in front of Anna earlier. Esther didn’t normally cry in front of people, but she also didn’t usually get angry, either. Things could usually be thought through. Things could be reasoned with. Things could be explained. Not this. Not when an unexpected ending felt so clo...
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