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Submitted to Contest #59
It was 7:35 am a moving truck rolled into the drive next door. The phone lines must have been sizzling with the amount of calls the neighbourhood was making we got a total of :180 call ourselves from some of the local gossipers. I love my neighbour hood I really do but 180 phone calls in half an hour is a bit excessive, I already dread going to walk my dog (Rory) at lunch time the news will have spread around like wild fire by then and loads of rumours about the people will accompany that roaring blaze, but for now sleep would be good. I...
Submitted to Contest #56
Laurent It was the heat of the battle. Fire, blood, and screams came from every direction. I was not trained for this. Slash, another enemy down, like I guess they trained me for combat but. Swipe, I’m more trained for route-planning and map-reading stuff like that. Dodge, counter, stab. I usually leave the fighting to the ‘big dogs’ of our organisation. Pivot, smash head into wall. But when the whole worlds in danger I tend to pitch in, ugh another enemy: like could they not? Charge, tackle, stab (lightly). More enemies emerged from ...
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