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Weekly Contest #350
The guillotine plunged, its polished blade flashing in the summer sun as it sliced toward the king’s neck. The crowd roared as his head rolled to the edge of the platform, tongue protruding like a pink naked mole rat.King Baldric blinked. The humid air evaporated. The breeze suddenly still. The rope ceremoniously tied around his wrists had vanished, along with the heavy plank that forced him to his knees, thus concluding his gracious display of humility for the crowd. Rising to his feet, the king laughed at his weightlessness. “Well, isn’t t...
Weekly Contest #260
My life was supposed to be boring--scripted, unremarkable—a life mirroring the existence of countless other beings just as ordinary as I am. Every day we wake up to go to our insurance sales jobs or some other abomination we chose to pay the bills. The same job that allows us to put food on the table and makes you drink that extra whiskey (or two) on the weekends. Complete with a mortgage, leftover college tuition loans, two kids, and a loving wife. I'm living the American dream. Though technically, nightmares are also considered dreams.&nbs...
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