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Submitted to Contest #93
“Are you sure you’re going to be okay?” her mother asked in concern when she saw her trembling hands. “Yeah ma, I’ll be fine,” she replied “these are just from excitement. See?” She laughed and raised her hands to better show her shakes. “Okay then,” her mother smiled and stepped back. “Go kill it, I’m so proud of you!” She curled her hands into a fist and made a motion like she was punching the air. Her daughter laughed again at this. “Well, you’d better save some of that pride, it might be third place now but when...
Submitted to Contest #92
She… The Dark came when everyone least expected it. No one saw it creeping in on the horizon, there were no warning signs to be read, it was suddenly just there; slamming into us fast, violent and unforgiving, settling over us like a heavy cloud. I remember screaming and crying when the news came; begging for it not to be true, for them to do something, anything… but no matter who I pleaded with, the answer was always the same: Sorry, but there’s nothing we can do. I would’ve ...
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