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Weekly Contest #99
Wispy pale orange lines, mixed inside dark tangerine streaks, with thick strands of deep apple red. My heart smoulders with joy, my mouth dries from thirst. Watching this spectacular sunset distracts me from the vast calm sea, and the slow bouncing rhythm of gentle waves. Lying down, drifting, looking at the sky, hoping, and praying for a rescue team to find me, is all I can think about. The small boat I rented hit a hidden rock this morning, which created a large hole, and within an hour it turned over and sank. Thinking fast, with adrenal...
Weekly Contest #97
It took me forty minutes to clean the inside of this dirty, cob webbed bay window, in my new bedroom. The outside windows were done earlier today, by a local man. I step over the creaking floorboards; with an eerie feeling, goose bumps dimple my face. Awful stained, patterned wallpaper, which I’m about to remove, makes me shudder. Lime green, with tiny yellowing flowers. I hitch up my jeans, hook my fingers into my waistband, and prepare myself to start peeling it off. Seconds later, I turn to take a look outside. A ray of sun highlights a s...
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