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Weekly Contest #345
During the coldest winter New York City had ever known, a man named Maurice lived on its streets with everything he owned in a single suitcase. He had only recently become homeless, left to face the bitter winds that howled through the square. For two weeks, he had slept on cardboard boxes and rusted iron benches. The only cushion he had was a soaked cardboard box, a patch of cold snow, and a suitcase filled with enough clothes to survive the winter. Through those wild weeks, a small hole had appeared at the bottom of his suitcase. When Maur...
Weekly Contest #340
Eerie and black was the night upon the distant wake of the ice-covered sea. The ship lay docked, unable to press farther into the pitch-dark horizon while the winds howled around her. It was too cold on deck without three layers of fur and a mask to warm the breath. A few moments in the open air froze a person so thoroughly that their flesh felt fused to the bone. Burning from the inside out. Here, the darkness lasted for months, and the sea swallowed more than the light. A lamp’s flame stretched only inches from one’s face, the glow a feeb...
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