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Submitted to Contest #288
Trooper Banks shifted his weight on the firestep and adjusted his grip on the sniper rifle. His hand trembled as stiff muscles jerked into action. Just an hour more. Banks had his sleeves rolled up but barely felt the sea breeze brushing against his skin. The entirety of his body was grime, a caking of dirt and days’ old sweat—not all of it his. He spotted movement through the eyepiece and tensed his finger around the trigger, and then loosened. The enemy sniper moved; nothing out of the ordinary. He shook his head and squeezed his eyes har...
Submitted to Contest #284
“Good morning. It is sixth January twenty-twenty-five. O-six-hundred hours. Weather forecasted to be sunny. Now for the news…” Tak! I hit the snooze button and stretch. Ow! I massage my neck. I must have slept in the wrong angle. I pat my pillow and it is flatter than usual. I open the blinds and like releasing a trapped ball the light bursts in, filling my apartment with a morning glow. Except it’s not enough to lighten the whole place up. I reach for the lights that turn on yellow. I swear I installed white ones. Doesn’t matter. I must no...
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