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Submitted to Contest #293
The road stretched ahead, endless and gray. Bordered by skeletal trees that seemed to claw at the sky. The highway is nearly empty with just the occasional headlights passing before they fade into nothing. The persistent hum of the tires against the asphalt is broken only by the occasional splatter of rain on the windshield. I haven’t turned the radio on. I don’t want music or to hear voices. Just the sound of the car, the rain, and the low hum of the heater working to keep the cold at bay.I could have flown and maybe should have. It wo...
Submitted to Contest #291
The first time I noticed something was off I was thirteen. It was a school night and I got out of bed late in the night to sneak a soda from the fridge. The house was silent except for the low hum of the television in the living room. It was unusual for anyone to be up this late.My dad sat in his chair with the light off watching the late news. The headline at the bottom read “THE NIGHTSHADE KILLER STRIKES AGAIN - FIFTEEN VICTIMS CONFIRMED. " I watched silently for a moment while the reporter talked about a lack of clues and how the police s...
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