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Weekly Contest #31
The washer machine spits and howls as it attacks the clothes within its confines, the sound echoing across the tiled floor. No one in the LaundroMat pays it any attention. The old woman with a hunched back a few paces to my right simply fills in another answer on her crossword. The raging battle fought by the machine that gobbled my quarters is a never-ending fight. Once its current enemy is vanquished, I will remove my limp clothing, and another faceless person will give the machine its next opponent. I take a shuddering breath as I resettl...
Weekly Contest #2
He used to wonder how he ended up this way. He used to question the fading sensations and what they meant. He used to gaze around at the world around him, trying to understand the shades of light that signified life. But no more. Now there is only silence even as the world spins on, the numbness of his body no longer creating distraction to his tired mind, the once vibrant colors muted and dull. He walks the gas-lit streets as though a ghost, touching but not feeling, causing ripples that quickly fade from existence as he turns the corner an...
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