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Submitted to Contest #289
The room is unfamiliar. I don’t know how I got here. Well, that’s only half the truth. I know why I’m here, and who brought me here, if the familiar faces of ‘Portly’ Ken’s henchmen were anything to go by. How they got the jump on me though? Now that’s the million dollar question. Portly Ken isn’t anywhere I can see, and considering how this warehouse is just one giant cube, my guess is that he hasn’t arrived yet. Figures. He’s always making his men do the dirty work. They’ve tied me to a chair… actually, scratch that. The hard smooth surfac...
Submitted to Contest #288
Steady steam from the boat’s engines blew along the sea winds, its plume almost as black as the near starless sky. In fact, everything past the massive ship was dark. The ocean and sky lines blurred together, making it seem like an endless world of dark. It gave Arthur a sense of fear along with the slight shiver of excitement for adventure that was pretty uncalled for someone chilling on a cruise ship. Still, near everyone was on the forward of the ship, enjoying a party or movie or some other activity, and it let Arthur relax in the Aft to...
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