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Submitted to Contest #337
Ralph’s life was over. Or essentially as over as it could be while still being alive. How long did it take to starve? Ralph was about to find out. His stomach whined, but Ralph had grown accustomed to the noise. Ralph’s limbs swam in his space suit. He remembered when the buckles were tight right before take off. You lose muscle mass in space, the big brains would say. Well, they were wrong. Seven years of pre-planned, dwindling food stores took their toll on the body. He didn’t lose his size until he landed on Planet Twenty-Three. The plane...
Submitted to Contest #336
The elevator doors open with a chime. Derek pushes past the crowd, exiting first. Time is money. His voice rings in my head, and I fear this won’t be the last time I hear his excuses for being a jerk. I wait for the rest of the crowded moving room to clear, putting as much distance between myself and my now ex-husband. Two years of lawyers, courts, and arguing left me with half my money and one less husband. That's a pretty good result, if you ask me. The outcome of neither of us being in one another’s lives anymore wasn’t good enough for ...
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