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Jesse Pogue

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I am Henry Jones

I don’t know what I expected, but I didn’t think I would be left to die with the Earth.I drag my hand through the dirt and try to push myself up.My fingers don’t feel like fingers anymore.Claws, hard and sharp is what they are.For a second, I just stare at them, like I’m in a trance.Then I force myself up anyway.My feet gave way. Pain shot through his my leg. Among the trash, a lamp caught my eye. I used it as a crutch and forced myself onto my good foot.Through nearly swollen eyes, I watched the ship fade into the distance, smoke and clouds...

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The Bookstore

Weekly Contest #347

“Do you have James Henson’s new book?”Beth looked up.“Yes, sir,” she said. “We just got a shipment in yesterday. It’s been flying off the shelves.”A faint smile spread across the man’s face. He looked to be in his fifties.“Come with me. I’ll show you where it is.”Beth stepped out from behind the register and led him toward the middle of the store, moving past a display table piled high with books.“Have you read it?” he asked.He saw her shake her head before answering.“No. I love James Henson’s books, but life’s been too crazy lately to get a...

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