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Submitted to Contest #149
It is early evening, and I am staying at my parent’s cabin. The woods are snowy and clouds make it dark so the patio light is on as I read. Without warning the light above me flickers quickly and doesn’t stop. That isn’t too strange, we lose electricity a lot out here, so I just go turn the light off and go back to reading. For anyone to understand my current situation I have to explain that I am in the middle of nowhere. That isn’t an exaggeration, my parents bought this cabin for that exact reason. No neighbors for miles, just a seemingly...
Submitted to Contest #143
This was supposed to be a calming trip. I guess it could have been with just a couple different decisions. Maybe one could have been going to a hotel instead of bringing my own tent, but no, I just had to camp in a forest. I don’t even know why. That was nothing like me. I haven’t been camping since I was a little girl, and after this experience I can promise, I will never do it again. If I even survive this. It didn’t start out bad. Really it started off as a quick break from people with a relaxing trip to a forest. That clearly didn’t go ...
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