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Weekly Contest #379
I lost my job just before I could quit it. For two years I’d worked in a building with windows that belonged in a catalogue for doomsday preppers. The only way to tell that time had passed was by a small rectangle of light crawling over the carpet squares. When the word redundant made its way into an email, I was relieved: it was the first time a decision had been made for me. The relief was short-lived. I couldn’t afford my city, nor my independence anymore. The first week home, I slept until ten. The sun, not an alarm, dragged me from s...
Weekly Contest #122
SALEEEEESSSSSS A garbled message chokes out of the PA system. “The go-go-government … collapse … save yours-” With its dying screech it paints a clear picture. No one is coming to save us. I hold back a gasp as they shuffle past me. Their heels scraping on the vinyl floor tiles, hands outstretched, and I pray to a god that seems to have left us. They’re on the hunt for the next victim, the next bargain. All around are the rotting replies of the consumers. SALEEEEESSSSSS We tried to keep them out. The team barricaded the door with manneq...
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