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Weekly Contest #361
1. The rattle of my shackles echoes through the town square as I walk to the executioner’s block. The headsman points at me and then to the block of oak that lay across the cobbled road. It’s covered in old blood, which doesn’t bother me—a childhood of birthing lambs on my father's farm would remove squeamish tendencies from any man.I keep my eyes on his face, which is shadowed under his hood, in the hope he will sympathise and finish me in one. I’m shoved to my knees and he lines my neck up for his swing. The unnecessary weight of his fist ...
Weekly Contest #359
“I had another vision last night,” I said to Leo. “This one was dreadful... They forced me to drink this horrible blue liquid.” I look over at her; she stands there patiently waiting for me to continue. That’s one thing I really admire about her, she pays meticulous attention to every word, giving me the time to finish before offering advice. “At first, I thought it was a funky cocktail, but then it burned and I tried to scream, but nothing would come out. They were-” I pull my legs up to my chest and hold onto them, burying my eyes into my...
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