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Submitted to Contest #333
Trigger warning: Mild thematic restraint and gore. The alarm played the most annoying song I had ever heard, and I silenced it with a tap on the mouse pad. The clock on the wall confirmed it, and the grandfather in the living room paused its steady ticking to chime four times. When writing, time evaporated like so many dreams or nightmares, and 4 pm was my afternoon “wake-up.” I grabbed my empty water glass and stood.Standing created a cacophony of creaks, groans, and clicks; I wasn’t sure whether it was all me, as I tended to stiffen up if...
Submitted to Contest #332
Content warning: Story contains some profanity The sky looked like an old bruise laced with veins of fire, and the rumble of thunder grew steadily closer. I had begun to look for any kind of shelter in the sage-dotted hills miles ago, but I had seen nothing. This truly was a desolate country, and I was stuck in the middle of it. With fingers crossed, I headed to the next rise. Rise? My brain was making mountains out of molehills. The landscape was flat with “hills” not much more than hummocks I couldn’t see over, and “valleys” that were ...
Submitted to Contest #331
Warning: Story contains some profanity. I wasn't trying to be an asshole. It's not like I went out of my way to spoil anyone's fun. But I was through celebrating all these damn holidays. Every one of them was just another excuse to sucker a man's wallet. If the bankers and postal carriers weren't taking the day off, then I'd have to endure tacky displays of plastic crap everywhere I looked. And I didn't even want to think about the ass-widening, tooth-rotting piles of garbage the stores pushed on everyone. Besides, the livestock weren't go...
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