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Weekly Contest #42
The house on McKellan Street was what the holiday brochures like to call a ‘character property’. Loosely translated that meant it was a quirky little place, tucked into an odd corner that no one these days would consider building a house on. It was a throwback to a time when even a small space to live was a luxury, and hard working men and women considered themselves lucky to have food to eat and something to burn in the fireplace. It had tiny doorways, wonky stairs and the kind of bathroom that would send any plumber running....
They say everything slows down when you're in an accident, like the world is running in slow motion. They also say you see your whole life flash before your eyes right before you die. Either I did it wrong or 'They' have as much of a clue about dying as they do about everything else. I didn't see the van that ran up the kerb because the driver was trying to read a map instead of the road. I didn't do some graceful bullet-time sequence before getting crushed into that beautifully crafted stone wall. My life did not flash before my eyes as my ...
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