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Submitted to Contest #252
She could tell by the way they stood close to one another, sharing uncertain glances, that they didn’t understand what she was saying. They didn’t, maybe couldn’t, understand her perspective. They couldn’t feel the grasp it had on her, reaching up through her insides holding on tight with fingers made not of flesh but barbed wire. To pull away from it would tear her apart. The only other woman in the group was shaking her head slowly, a mask of disbelief stretched across her face in response to what she was hearing. Her thin arms were ...
Submitted to Contest #124
The stories followed him wherever he went and for that he was glad. For words have power and the words spoken of him filled men with fear. Because of this, he never set a story straight, but would rather lean back in his chair, taking long drags from a pipe, nodding and smiling enigmatically at the storyteller and their dramatic recounting of events. At this subtle recognition the storytellers became overwhelmed with excitement and joy, slamming their tankards of beer on the bar top screaming to all those listening “see! I told you! I ...
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