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Samuel Teaches

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Weekly Contest #272

Alan pressed on the handle, and the door creaked open with unsettling ease as if it had been waiting for him. It seemed to beckon him inside.The first thing that hit him as he stepped in was the smell. Sharp, foreign, like something rotting deep within the walls. He gagged, covering his nose and feeling for a light switch. When his fingers found the cool plastic, he pressed. A single, weak bulb flickered to life, casting long, wavering shadows in the small room.It wasn’t much. A small iron furnace stood near the door, likely to drive away th...

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The End of the World is as Good a Time to Change as Ever

Weekly Contest #267

It was supposed to be a chill camping week, away from society. Leah and I had borrowed all the equipment necessary for a comfortable trip up into the mountains. For three days, everything was calm. Then the apocalypse hit. Or at least, it felt like it.A flash of pure white light split the sky, with lightning branching into three forks. Leah’s body trembled in my arms as thunder followed just seconds later. The storm was directly overhead. Rain fell from the pitch-black sky, pelting the trees and us relentlessly. The gales had torn our tent h...

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