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Submitted to Contest #281
Content warning: Themes of dementia and physical declineKitchen-nighttime feels different than bedroom-nighttime, Maria thought. Like drifting over dark water. She sat with a straight back, a black figure between dark grey shapes. She reached for another cigarette and noticed that the pack was almost empty. Her lungs had started to tingle already. She lit the cigarette and took a drag. Rearranged the ashtray on the kitchen table. Waited. Waited. Scratched her temple. Waited. Neatly placed the half smoked cigarette on the ashtray. Her eyes wa...
Submitted to Contest #226
"Mammon!" Satans voice thundered through the soot coated halls. A stone wall crumbled and collapsed somewhere. The cries of some unlucky souls were cut off when they were crushed. One Mississppi, two Mississippi, the cries flared up again. Death has no persistance in hell. A droning sound emerged from the back of the halls, visceral like pulsing blood in a choking man's ears. Satan squinted. A shadow formed in the corner of the atrium, visible only because it was even darker than the darkness surrounding it. Arches and pillars cracked with e...
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