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Submitted to Contest #223
The air was thick with the stench of smoke and ash. Hagen coughed to relieve the ache in his lungs. With the back of his hand, he wiped the sweat coating his forehead and gazed at the smoldering blackness, feeling the weight of the forest's destruction bearing down on him. The kingdom he'd sworn to protect had suffered a brutal attack, jeopardizing the fragile peace between humans and his kind. The fire had wrapped every tree in blazing orange flames, and after hours of effort to extinguish it, the trees that had once risen tall and proud ...
Submitted to Contest #150
Saturday dawns hot and humid. Louis throws open the door and pitches forward into the coffee shop. Sweat drips from his face. He takes a deep breath and looks at the time on his phone: 6.05. "Good morning and welcome, my friend." His gaze flits about the shop and falls on the big, gleaming, silver coffee machine. "Good morning to you." The machine chuckles. “It’s a beautiful day, my friend." Louis slides his hand under the counter, grabs his apron, and straps it around his skinny frame. “No doubt about it.” He tugs at the collar of his ...
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