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Submitted to Contest #338
(Warning : contains explicit language) Incident at the Queens Arms “Ten minutes”…come on you lads, you all know the drill, last drinks, we’re closing in ten minutes,” boomed the barman’s voice as he shouted out across the smoke-filled room.“Jock come on, no” came the collective groan that echoed out from the drunken crowd. With this announcement, every conversation seemed to stop as a mass of bodies turned and surged in one wave towards the bar. “Hey Bill, it’s your bloody shout” yelled Roger from the back of the group, “hurry up and grab an...
Submitted to Contest #103
Staring off into the distance, and somewhat mesmerized by the flashing lights in front of him, Bill slowly pulled up and stopped at the boom gates. Even the drone of the morning disc jockey in the background, wasn’t enough to break his concentration. He had always tried his best to avoid this route, and as the traffic lined up behind him, he knew his choice this morning was going to make him late for work. As the crossing bells rang out, he leant over to adjust the radio in an attempt to drown out their warning, then casually gla...
Submitted to Contest #102
France 1918 Staring at the now limp form, lying on the trench floor in front of him, Bert began to shake uncontrollably. Looking down at the rifle in his hands, he recoiled in horror at the shock of what he had become, and as he tossed the weapon to the ground, it now became clear to him as to what he had to do. Australia 1913 Looking down at the young child lying on the roadway, a feeling of anger and disbelief began to surge through the mans body like a tidal wave. All that he had been taught to believe in, was now crushed and broken like...
Submitted to Contest #101
‘I don’t know how much more of this heat I can take,’ thought the boy as he trudged along the deserted road. Not one car had passed him since setting out that morning, and he was beginning to think he would have been better staying under that bridge, that he’d called home for the last week.‘At least there had been water and some shelter from this god damn sun.’ Looking back out of habit, he noticed in the distance a cloud of dust coming towards him, and suddenly his hopes went up.Even though the driver couldn’t have helped but see his lonely...
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