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Submitted to Contest #166
"Look, Vlad," Martin said to his boss, "I've been doing this too long. I thought I'd seen everything. But those kids yesterday? I'm sorry, boss. I quit."Vlad looked down from his dais, then to either side of his throne where his cohorts, sycophants one and all, permanently gathered. A smile began inching its way across Vlad's face, gradually exposing his fangs, but not quite reaching his eyes. He burst out laughing, his entourage joining in a split second later; to Martin, it was like watching some badly-synced b-movie with no mute button."Q...
Submitted to Contest #153
15th April, 2154; Human Colony Terra Nouveau, Satellite A-0102-2093 "Dad, how could you?" Lilliana ranted. "She's my mother, your wife. And you've sentenced her to a week's hard labour on Olde Earth? Are you mad?" "Lilly, pumpkin," Judge Karolla IX replied, "If it hadn't been for her nosing and gossiping, Jeremiah Dingwall would be doing hard labour down there instead. What choice did I have?" "Choice? You had a million other choices," Lilliana remonstrated. "You could have cautioned her. Fined her (but, oh no, that would mean it would come ...
Submitted to Contest #152
So, I'd had a few. But the Guinness in Dublin is beyond compare, and I have as much willpower as I have savings. Yes, Mastercard was sponsoring this trip to the Emerald Isle as it had so many excursions before, my one and only constant travelling companion. How long had I spent on O'Connell Bridge mesmerised by the yellow October sun twinkling off the Liffey as it bid adieu to another day? Too long, it seemed. A chill ensorceled me, breaking the spell as the sun sucked the last of its warmth beneath the horizon with it en route to New York...
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