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Submitted to Contest #210
"You think this is going in your ass, don't you?" the small grey alien said as he waved around an electronic gizmo in his hand. At the other end of this conversation was Peter, a befuddled and petrified human. He stood, mouth agape, staring at the gizmo. This was Peter Snelling, an internationally renown author. He even dressed the part: blue jeans, a black turtleneck shirt, a herringbone jacket, and a black mariner cap. 'I knew I should have gone sailing today,' Peter thought. 'Nothing bad ever happens when I go sailing.' Today had st...
Submitted to Contest #209
September 1914. It was a warm September day in Paris, and the Germans were inching closer. I stepped off the train, wearing my Royal Army Medical Corps uniform. I had arrived at the war as a young surgeon bursting with patriotism and naivety.The air around me was alive with the songs of birds and punctuated by the distant thunder of artillery. History would initially call this event The Battle of the Marne. Later it would be renamed The First Battle of the Marne, as it seemingly required a sequel.The streets outside the ...
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