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Weekly Contest #281
If I could think of words to say it would be: one to ten. The numbers of the stairs staring at me and the darkness. I had to walk down them unless there was another way. I looked to my left. The peeling paint on the wall hung like dead skin, thin and translucent, reaching it's tentacles out to grab me. It was horrifying, yet I ignored the anxiety rising in my stomach and tried to focus. Today I had to face my fears, the fear of dark unknowns, weird smells, and stairs to a door I can't see. Slowly I stepped, it creaked. My heart started ...
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