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Leonard Van Wyk

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Ann's awakening

Ann slapped the alarm off immediately. She had been awake for a few minutes, staring at the ceiling. Bob grunted, slowly threw off the covers, and rolled out of bed. Ann rose, pulled on her slippers, and wrapped herself in her robe. She thought the fact that it was Friday should have made it easier to get going, but it didn’t. She walked toward the kitchen, with a brief stop in the guest bathroom, and started preparing breakfast. Bob, a creature of habit, liked his eggs over easy with one slice of rye toast, some kind of fruit, and black cof...

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Weekly Contest #289

The room is unfamiliar. I don’t know how I got here. The spiderweb-like pattern in the ceiling’s plaster gives me the feeling that I have never slept here before. The strange geometry of the room reinforces that feeling.I look down at my boots; one is untied and both are caked with dried mud. I am sprawled on a mangy couch in what looks like a living room or den. The smell of cat is pervasive.As I sit up, my head spins. Reaching up to the right side of my forehead, I notice a lump covered by encrusted hair. What the hell? I have carpet tongu...

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