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Weekly Contest #345
An American soldier sat in the trenches of WW1, not knowing what would happen next. Every day was the same routine, nothing changed and the same things happened as planned. Some days it would rain, and some days the mud would be so slippery that it would be difficult to walk without holding on to something. There were days where he could hear the sound of gunfire, which even though it was scary, at least it was something different to listen to. For rations, the soldier was lucky that it wasn’t covered in mold as he heard that ...
Weekly Contest #344
Entry #20 12/20/1803 My name is Nathan Gray, and I am an explorer who travelled to a mountain known as Peak Frostcliff. I have been dreaming of this adventure for years as I have heard that many adventurers have tried to traverse the mountain only to be either lost or give up a few days after attempting to climb it. I have wanted to be the one who would finally conquer the mountain and plant a flag at the very top. Planning for the trip took weeks as I needed to find both a team that would be willing to help me with this endeavor as well as...
Weekly Contest #343
A rebel by the name of Eric was fleeing a group of pursuing guards, and managed to hide in a nearby cabin that he found when running through a forest. He had been sending messages between rebel groups for months now and had managed to evade detection from the authorities up until a day prior. He had no idea how he was discovered, but for him, that was something he could think about another time. As of right now, he badly needed a place to hide from the pursuing guards who wanted him dead. “If they capture me, I will be lucky t...
Weekly Contest #342
Michael Walket, a musician, stands in a hospital room, comforting his wife as she was diagnosed with cancer a year before. He pleaded with the doctor to do anything and everything to help her, but it was of no avail, and they said that she would only have a year to live. Michael cried for days after hearing the news. All he could do was help his wife be more comfortable until the inevitable came. “I am so sorry that I couldn’t do more to help you,” said Michael to his wife, “if I could, I would spend the rest of eternity looki...
Weekly Contest #341
12/13/1230 To My Dearest Brother Eric Cryfall, I regret to inform you that my latest mission, to infiltrate the area held by the invaders from the country Tirewind (fictional country and universe) known as the Bluegate Fields, has not been the rousing success that we had hoped. For my own safety, I will not be including my or your address in these letters, and will be using our aliases instead. I have been in a small town in the region for about three months now, and the people here are content with living with ...
Weekly Contest #339
As an elderly musician, James Torit, looked outside the window in the hospital room he was staying in, he began to ponder about the choices he made in life. He thought about the good and the bad, and about what he could’ve done differently. His thoughts had been about his family almost consistently, and about what he could’ve done differently. It has been about seven months since he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The news had shattered him when he learned about it as knew that everything that he wanted to do, he could no ...
Weekly Contest #338
In the fictional country of Ryeland in medieval Europe, a lonely servant is working alone. He had been given this job months ago and was willing to do it for little pay. As the cleaner for multiple rooms in a castle, his job was cleaning the floors and walls. Failing to do so or doing a lackluster job would mean both a beating and reduced wages. One night, he heard his lord and one of his bannermen talking. “My men are ready,” said the bannerman, “there are enough of us to campaign for a few years.” The lord seemed pleased to ...
Weekly Contest #337
There once lived a wizard named Alan Rame in a kingdom named Farland. He wasn’t a wealthy wizard and lived in a modest home which consisted of a small garden for herbs and spices, and a hut that only had two rooms. Alan wasn’t discouraged by his living conditions as he was happy with his daily routine where he regularly tended his garden and picked herbs when they were ready. Even during bad harvests, he was able to survive by asking the animals of the forest to provide for him in times of need. Farland was a distant kingdom f...
Weekly Contest #336
A businessman named Albert Hert invited his son, James, to a meeting at his office as he needed to speak to him about something urgent. His son was very surprised to be called to the meeting as this almost never happened. “What is the matter dad,” said James, “you are scaring me with all of the secrecy lately.” “Is there anything I can do to help you? I have been working here for about ten years, and I have never seen you like this.” His father finally gave an answer though he remained in a panicked state. “My son,” he said, “...
Weekly Contest #335
On a cold Thursday night, a couple was walking on a windy night in a city named Nightmarsh. They were laughing and talking about a movie they had just seen and seemed to be having a good time. As they walked across the quiet neighborhoods of the city, they suddenly saw a dog barking. The man went to check on the dog as the dog seemed to be in distress. When the man approached the dog, he looked across the corner on Fang Street to see what the dog was barking at. When he finally got a good look at what it was, he jumped in surprise and horror...
Weekly Contest #334
Journal Entry #1: 12/3/2067 Hello, my name is Claire Eastroad, and I am a horsewoman of the Eastern wastelands. It has been three decades since the bombs fell causing the apocalypse, and those who remain struggle to survive everyday. My job is to bring food and medicine to enclaves who continue to survive despite the harsh conditions. Everyday, I brave dust storms and raiders who try to steal my cargo. I have just been given a new task where I am to deliver a vital package across a ruined forest to an enclave bui...
Weekly Contest #333
During WW2 in 1944, an American soldier is in France waiting for the enemy. His name was Timothy Roberts, and he had earlier faced the most harrowing moment in his tenure as a soldier. There was a grueling battle earlier as enemy artillery shells pounded his position for hours. He hid in the trenches for safety, knowing that at any moment, it could be his last one. Every moment of silence felt strange even after a few hours of the screams of war. There he could hear the rhythmic pounding of enemy artillery as earth and snow le...
Weekly Contest #332
It begins with a storm, and not only a storm, the was a storm over an ocean, and every ship caught in its wrath would face a harrowing fate. Unfortunately for James Howard, who was a sailor on board the HMS Guardian, that was his unfortunate fate. As the thunder roared and the waves crashed, it looked more like something out of a horror novel than from something from real life. Even for a veteran sailor like him, this was a nightmare come to life as he fought to stay aboard the ship and not become thrown overboard by the winds and currents. ...
Weekly Contest #331
It is 1943 during WW2 and the battle of Stalingrad had been raging for a few months. Among the people trapped in the apocalyptic battle is an unnamed Soviet soldier. Before, he was a farmer from a far away province of the Soviet Union. Now he was among the hundreds of thousands of soldiers batting in the desperate defense of the city. Everyday, he heard gunshots, falling shells and bombs, and it was difficult to tell whether it was from the enemy or from another Soviet unit. The chaotic nature of the battle made recognizing friend from foe d...
Weekly Contest #330
In the not too distant past, there was a war that raged across countries, with entire cities being destroyed. Thousands of people were left homeless with refugees flooding any country that was not devastated by war. Among the thousands of fighters, a soldier named Alex Hunter was writing a letter. “I want you to know,” he wrote, “I am sorry that I have to say good-bye again, because today might be the day.” It had been a grueling campaign where the sound of machine guns was constant. Even worse, the soldiers feared something e...
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