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Weekly Contest #350
They say wisdom comes with age. That’s what I’ve been telling myself ever since my hair left town without so much as a forwarding address. None of the rodents had any trouble setting up camp when I had hair, or maybe that is why it left. I'm Harold—Hal to my friends, which is mostly just me and the bartender at Murphy’s. He nods as he cares, but still charges full price. Now, I don’t want to sound like one of those old men yelling at clouds. I tried that once. Cloud didn’t even apologize. Just drifted off like it had somewhere better to be....
Weekly Contest #349
The first thing he recalls is the silence. It's not the silence after gunfire, with smoke lingering and ears ringing from cannon blasts. Nor is it the quiet of a winter camp, where men huddle and dream of bread, mothers, and warm rooms. This silence is deeper and older. It extends between the trees, gathers in the hollows of the Blue Ridge, and softly settles like dust over everything abandoned. He remains where he fell, or at least, that’s how it seems to him.He recalls the charge, though the memory feels faint, like worn fabric. Boots hitt...
Weekly Contest #317
Elara Dodson, a young musician and singer who lost her sight after being hit by a hit-and-run driver in a dark alley, withdrew from the waking world but gained a new perspective. She lost her eyesight, but gained a new sight, allowing her to see events before they happen.In her dreams at night, she witnessed terrifying, vivid images of a man’s death - a ruthless person driving a black sports car under the influence of alcohol and drugs, hitting him and drinking away from the scene.Every night, the same dream, the man is left to die in a rain...
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