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Submitted to Contest #301
The Story That Never Was When I was a young, rookie news hound, I’d bound up these steps. Not any more. I’m sure these steps have got steeper. I can bound up the first dozen or so, taking them two at a time. But then I slow. Anyway, there’s no rush. I’m a little early, so climbing the steps one at a time is fine. Allows me to catch my breath too. And mull over strategy. My Editor had lowered her voice, even though there was no one within earshot. “My source is good,” she’d said earlier. “Very strong. I’m told the police are looking at him....
Submitted to Contest #291
His orders were simple. But the task was terrifying. He crouched behind the rubble of what was once the kitchen, peering from behind an upturned stove. He tried to focus, to spot a route through the debris of what was left of the French town and the misery of a thousand lives. But all he could see ahead was the fog of battle as thick dust and choking smoke swirled in the air. Bile burned his throat. He slumped back against the cold brick of a half-demolished wall. Behind him a defiant door swung on its hinges with no wall to close against. H...
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