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“Start your story with the lines: “The room is unfamiliar. I don’t know how I got here.””

Posted in Short Story on Feb 7, 2025

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A SUNDAY MYSTERY

Candy Burrowbridge

Weekly Contest #289

The room is unfamiliar. I don't know how I got here. Willow thought, as the sunlight penetrated the slits in the blinds her eyes and disrupted her sleep. She scanned the room and began to whimper, "Where am I? Shit! How did I get here?" Glancing around the room, Willow did not recognize anything. Slowly, she peeled herself off the couch and attempted to stand. She felt like she had just gotten off of a boat, sea legs and nauseou were a new feeling to embrace. Mentally scanning her bank of memories, Willow could not withdraw much. She decid...

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