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Submitted to Contest #50
You leant against the wall in the mouth of the alleyway, letting the shadows conceal you from onlookers as you caught your breath. You hoped, at least, they would do that job. You had been running for some time, and you had a stitch in your side and a pain in your chest. You could run no further, for a little while at least. Hopefully your pursuers would not find you while you were so vulnerable. You had lost them for now - or at least you thought so. Gradually, the pain subsi...
Submitted to Contest #49
Dear Sarah, I hope you'll excuse me if this letter is not a polished piece of prose. I don't have much time, and I want to get through everything before I leave on my journey. I know this isn't the way we thought we would say goodbye, but there is nothing I can do to change it now. I have no choice. This is not a journey I can get out of. I see from the clock on the wall that it is just coming up to 7am now, and I'm told that I will have to go at 8am sharp. I don't suppose I c...
Submitted to Contest #48
Using her staff to support herself, she picked her way slowly across the scree slope, taking care not to dislodge any stones that might take her tumbling down with them. Slowly but surely she was nearing the wriggling bundle lying in the sun where the villagers had left it. Another mouth that someone can't feed, she thought. She had heard the baby's cries from the top of the slope. Even more, though, she had felt the child. She had known that the baby would be here. Reaching the child, she picked it up gently and held it in her arms. Shading...
Submitted to Contest #47
"Just say it," you silently reminded yourself. You knew you'd regret it if you didn't. Wasn't this what you had always wanted, what you had been working towards for years? You didn't want the kind of life your mother had had. You had known it when you were a girl, sitting under the dining table and watching your mother doing housework. Although you were eager to help, your younger brother Tim never did, and when your father was home it always seemed to be Tim he spent time wit...
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