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Weekly Contest #356
The glued wing He used to pronounce the letter s as a t; for example, he would call my uncle “Tayyid” instead of “Sayid,” and just now said “Tiniorita” instead of “Siniorita.” I don’t remember in what context. And if you asked him his name, he would answer: “Tarek.”His overhanging eyebrows gave strangers the impression of perpetual astonishment. His lower lip receded behind the upper one, its bluish tint overtaken by a thin pink line that glistened faintly at the edge, drooping in a way that seemed either deliberate or entirely beyond his co...
The Golden Rooster A faint twitch kept troubling his left eyelid; now and then it jerked violently for a fraction of a second. Beneath his right nostril, a slight glimmer of moisture remained unnoticed. The buzzing in his ears was nothing new, though today it sounded louder than usual, pressing against his head with a slow irritation. As he tried adjusting to his new glasses, he wiped the lenses with the fog of his breath, which mingled with the spray of a cough that escaped without warning. He was empty as an abandoned house. His eyes were ...
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