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Weekly Contest #48
Agnar Cynebald, known as Agnar the Merciless, glowered at the three captured chieftains kneeling before him, their hands bound behind them. ‘You chose to defy me, now your men lay dead, wounded or captured. I will put you to death, of course, but how quickly or slowly depends on you.’ The three hapless prisoners looked Agnar in the eye, none were afraid to die. The custom among the tribes was that if the defeated leader surrendered, he was executed, his men were then spared. If he refused to surrender, he and his army were butchered to a man...
Weekly Contest #45
The two half-drunk American airmen came in the pub sniffing the air. The Lieutenants from Burtonwood airbase swaggered across to a window table. ‘Hey, let’s have a couple of beers over here’ the one wearing the expensive leather jacket and dark sunglasses yelled. Margot hated arrogance ‘drinks are served at the bar, sir.’ ‘That so?’ Lieutenant Jackson Cleveland said peering over his rims ‘well I’m used to better service from bar girls. Who’s in charge around here anyway?’ Margot’s widower father, Brian Greenwood, entered from behind the bar ...
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