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Weekly Contest #331
Erik shuffled to the stone fireplace. Their power went out two nights ago when the storm began, plunging their quaint mountain-side home in the village of Sjursnes into darkness. With an aching back and creaking knees, Erik managed to dig out the box containing candles and lamps from the cellar. The soft flames scattered throughout their home felt different from when they were lit for the festive season; they felt sacred, like those in church. Erik had himself said a prayer looking out the window. The fire struggled, with dying whips and cr...
Weekly Contest #313
The door to the manor’s third floor private chamber creaked as it opened, revealing a frail silhouette lit by the soft glow of beeswax candlelight. Alice Read crept through the unoccupied room and awoke the dormant hearth. Sweat glistened off the young girl's tired face as she sat at the foot of the large oak bedframe to catch her breath and calm her nerves in front of the growing fire. Though Alice was many moons away from womanhood, a life of poverty and servitude had robbed her of her youth. Her hardened face had long abandoned its he...
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