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Weekly Contest #281
Where Souls Linger The end, when it came, was both sudden and agonizing. Nathan remembered only fragments: the crushing exhaustion behind his eyes after another endless day; the momentary lapse when he gave in and closed them, just for a second; the bend in the road, unseen until it was too late; and the way gravity pulled his car into a deadly descent. His life didn’t flash before his eyes. Instead, in those fleeting moments of consciousness, regret filled him like a weight he hadn’t realized he’d been carrying. At thirty-two, happiness see...
Weekly Contest #277
Once upon a time in the tumultous waters of high school, an ugly duckling longed to swim in a pond full of the most beautiful swans. Though beauty is said to be in the eye of the beholder, the flock had long ago decided that the duckling was too different to belong to their kind. Only eighteen years of age, her little wings had grown weary from trying to catch up to her peers. Day after day, she paddled twice as hard as the others, yet she always fell behind. This duckling was, of course, a young girl. And high school, with all its jagged e...
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