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Submitted to Contest #241
The knife was drawn from the wooden block in which it lived. As it had many times before. But this time was different. The knife knew from the onset something was off. The normally naked hand was gloved, a smooth cold leather of some sort, inhibiting the normal warmth of the handler the knife enjoyed. “Enjoyed” was no understatement. The knife truly cherished its position in life. Used daily in a manner all objects should hope to be used: creating. Each passing day brought a steady diet of familiar underta...
Submitted to Contest #239
The dawn road. That's what people called it. And those who traveled it always came back the way they started. And reported…well…nothing. Scientists, explorers, religious zealots. They threw their best tools and disciplines at it. Trying to uncover its origin or its end. What it was made of. What its purpose was. Were there animals there? Other people? People of all walks of life made what effort they could to find something, anything. And all of them came back with nothing. The m...
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