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Submitted to Contest #314
The warmth in the air that night was new and unexpected. A low hum. At first, there were maybe a few floating here and there, and we didn’t really notice them. The little children who were playing outside had stopped and started chasing them. And then more arrived, and they were everywhere. Everyone started gathering outside for the wondrous insects. Coalbugs. They usually lived in mines, or underground, close to the center of the earth. Other cities had coalbugs in their mines. They eat coal and use that to create their own heat. They were...
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