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Weekly Contest #315
I see her. She sees me. A glint of fearful intrigue ripples across the water, welling up in her eyes. She watches intensely as my gaze hesitantly drifts downwards. I see everything; the blood, the knife, the body it’s sticking out of…and the baby in the pram. She doesn’t move. I’m worried the baby (a half metre to her left) might not be alive. It’s a reasonable concern, given the scene before me, but he looks peaceful and pristine. It appears as though he is fast asleep, or so I hope. We stand eerily still, staring at each other across the ...
Weekly Contest #309
The clink of the silver teaspoon against her favourite ceramic, rust coloured mug rattles my brain for the third time today. The second spoonful of sugar before the third and final. I level the teaspoon with a firm gentleness, ensuring the correct amount. Stir it five times. One, two, three, four, five and clink. I pull the box of cherries from the fridge and count out the four she requested on her Victoria sponge. One, two, three and four. I sigh with relief that none of them look old or misshapen- hopefully I have it right this time. I pla...
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