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Weekly Contest #187
The alarm didn’t wake me up this time around. The smell did. It was fishy, potently so. I peel my eyes open, yawning in the process and stretching out my achy muscles. I’m not in my bed. I clearly slept on the floor. The carpet beige and worn out. I try to remember how I got here, but nothing’s coming up. It’s completely dark and quiet and the harder I try to remember the more I realise it’s pointless. Did I blackout last night? I’ve never blacked out before. I’ve never been drunk, never did drugs. Could someone hav...
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