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Submitted to Contest #331
There is a moment before, when everything is calm. The computers are silenced, the airlock is sealed, and your final checks are done. Although we know that the precautions are all in place and that this is a calculated risk, it is still a risk. I try not to think of my wife and children in the valley below, but the adrenaline begins to flow and I do my best not to panic. And then the final signal is given on the radio, the button is pressed, and the snow falls. We watch through reinforced windows a metre thick as a sea of white charges towar...
Submitted to Contest #329
You’ll hear a lot of stories near the water, stories about lost ships, buried treasure, and fish as long as your arm. It’s mostly harmless rubbish, spun by blokes who’ve spent too long staring at the horizon looking for land. But let me tell you something, not all the stories are made up. Some are true, hidden in plain sight. And there are no sirens in my stories, my girl. Everything is anchored in the truth. That’s the best kind of story. And for you to know what you need to know about this one, I need to tell you about a little strip of wa...
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