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Weekly Contest #364
His name spread like a disease. Spat out like a bad taste, it stained every cell from here to the Beast Wing. Even the perverts didn’t want him. Some gutters are so filthy even rats won’t shit in them. We weren’t meant to know, yet. But the screws weren’t daft. They dropped the bomb at roll-call; the world’s loudest tongue-slip. The whole wing was on trial. They were all failing. Lifers got first pick, usually. The only benefit to doing the all-day; you have nothing to lose. But every cell warrior on D Wing wanted a crack at him. The scous...
Weekly Contest #363
Russell sat at his kitchen table, plucking fingerfuls from a stale bloomer the neighbour must have left him. All around him the town lay waiting, silent save for the odd rumble of a straggler’s engine. He’d promised his sister he would at least consider joining them. He hadn’t. He’d known since the moment the watch was issued that he couldn’t. It was easier to ignore the texts than try to explain. She wouldn’t understand. As the day went on, watches had turned to warnings. Updates poured in, and people poured out. But Russell stayed. As du...
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