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Submitted to Contest #247
It had been years since they put the sphere up. Blocking out the outside world and hiding us from the sunlight. They said the world was gone and that we were the last of our people. That everything had gone to shit. Our grandparents all told the same story, “The outside world is gone, there's nothing out there. The sphere is perfect. Why would you want to go anywhere else?” The government forbade people from asking questions about the outside, others forgot about it. It was a controversial topic that got people beat in alleyways. Others were...
Submitted to Contest #246
Trigger Warning: Car Crash For years it was all just a joke, something stupid we said to pass the time. Daydreaming of a life that was yet to come. “It’s all fun and games” We said deep down we knew it was something more. Something pulling us in. We convinced ourselves that it was a joke until that night. Something clicked in our minds and the pieces of what felt like a lifelong puzzle were put together. We sat on the swings outside of my old elementary school. The summer breeze sailed by as the sun set and the street lamps turned on....
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