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Weekly Contest #39
Trigger warning: self-harm Miriam put the cold, jagged metal against her pale skin. She held it vertically against her slim wrist and tried to insert the metal into her flesh, but her hand wouldn’t budge. God, why did she have to be such a chicken? Every ounce of Miriam wanted to put her useless body six feet underground and have her consciousness shifted into a place of utter oblivion. But for some reason, unbeknownst to her, she was not able to complete this final task. What even led up to this moment? The nuclear blast came as a shock....
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