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Submitted to Contest #325
Bullets whizzed by the cockpit of my P34 fighter plane, piercing the windshield as a hot breeze whistled in, only increasing the sweat rolling down my skin. I was trying to dodge the Zero that was closing in fast. Climbing was the only thing I could do better, so I sent Betty Grable nearly straight up until I hit a big cloud. Now that I'd made it in, the Zero wouldn't be able to find me. The foggy wet mass was blinding, but on instruments and instinct, I managed to circle around in it for ten minutes while figuring out what to do next. The ...
Submitted to Contest #240
A sharp wind was whipping the sail smartly against my face as I hung on to the spar for dear life, and life and death it was. I was shaking with fear, wondering what I, Thomas Anderson was doing 60 feet above the deck of the Phoebe and not clerking in a staid London bank but more importantly, I was wondering how I was going to get down from there. The captain, a brute of a man named Amos Dynever, had forbidden any of the crew to climb up and help me so all the men could do was watch and see if a green 17 year old boy would make it down on hi...
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