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Weekly Contest #376
She only traveled at night when the oil lamps opened pockets of gold along the village street. Jill felt safer when she walked in the light. She was ten years old but was usually mistaken for eight. The thin girl watched the rain polish dull slate roofs to obsidian. Her father had been sick for months and St. Paul nurses visited round the clock. Jill shopped while the sisters attended Vespers. Her father was fed, but the nuns didn’t notice if Jill had a hot meal, or had gone to school. Jill tried to ignore her damp stockings while she stood ...
Weekly Contest #375
Tubai sighed as the houselights went up. Yellow smoke collected above the bar and reminded him of the trenches on Mars. So did the eerie silence after the house music went down. The war veteran was tall and bald with bags under his eyes. His young partner had a ponytail and a week’s growth on his face. Kremp hadn’t been off the Waste Station since he was twelve years old. The two slingers counted credits they earned during a long night on their feet. “Tipping out ten percent of crap is blitzing our plan to get off this lifeless station.” Kr...
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