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Weekly Contest #372
The man, trembling in anguish, sat up in bed. Tears welled up in his eyes as he looked left and right, searching desperately for a sign that it was just a dream. But the dream was nothing more than what he saw through his own eyes at that very moment. In the corner of his silent room a dark shadow stood, waiting, watching. The shadow made everything seem empty, as if something that he couldn’t describe was missing. So the man waited until his room no longer felt empty - until the shadow was gone. One hour passed, then another, then another. ...
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