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Weekly Contest #376
There is only darkness when I open my eyes. Total, engulfing, strangling darkness. I blink once, twice, thinking this must be a trick, an illusion. Nothing happens. No matter how much I strain my eyes, forcing them to see past the blackness, desperate to find a single speck of light, it is still dark. I raise my hands, trying to rub some life in my eyes, but half-way up, my hands hit something. A twinge of fear starts weaving through my heart. What the hell is going on? I try to get up, but my head slams against something hard and unyielding...
Weekly Contest #368
By the time her bag had hit the floor in the hall, Susan was beyond exhausted. She could feel where every bone in her body was, as well as every ligament or string of pain that shot from even the smallest movement. The blood was rushing through her veins, pumped by the ever-working heart. When she sat on the couch, her muscles spasmed, tired from the action of the day. It wasn’t the physical tiredness that bothered her - that she could deal with. She was drained, her soul was sad and tired, and her skin was pale and gray-looking. Mark’s head...
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