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Submitted to Contest #92
The whole city was talking about the blackout, even though by today’s standards the internet was taking its baby steps. Alyson’s computer shut off around the time Marlon came over to tell her. The phone wouldn’t have worked anyway. The power was dead. No MSN Messenger chat, no cell towers, no nothing. Somehow Marlon had a way of getting to Aly’s house the second anything happened. Maybe word of mouth was faster back then. He came to get her because stores were still open on Main Street even though the power was out. In the middle of the af...
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