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Weekly Contest #58
The Slave Written and Submitted by Muhammad Shahir (This is NOT based on a true story) My face was planted on the dirty, dark brown mud. I felt myself slipping away from consciousness. My eye-lids felt like 15 pound weights, an unstoppable force trying to force my eyes shut. I restrained my eyes. My ruined, scratched hands were tied behind my whipped back. I was on the verge of closing my eyes, when he woke me up. He looked me dead in the eye, disgusted. WHIP! A sharp, stinging pain enters my back, as if someone just pulled off all the h...
Weekly Contest #57
I didn’t do it. A story written and submitted by: Muhammad Shahir The bright, blue, tropical lights blinded my fake face. I was wearing the same fake smile for about half an hour. All I could see was happy, upbeat faces looking towards me with all their hope. It felt really weird. I was sitting on my chair, with a bunch of hosts stuffing their big plump microphones in my face. They kept on telling me to speak. “SPEAK! SPEAK!” They all yelled in union. “Alright, alright!” I scream, giving the gesture with my hands that they sh...
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