March 2012
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Write a story in 5 minutes.
I woke up disappointed. Disappointed that I was still alive, and that the children playing outside my window were still alive, and that humankind still existed. I trudged down to the kitchen and made myself a cup of coffee. The only small pleasure I could still hold on to was the way the milk mixed and swirled with the dark hot liquid. Everything else was awful.
I took a gulp of the scalding...
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Begin a story with the first line: Where were you...
“Where were you last night then?”
I kept my gaze fixed on the bowl of watery porridge laid on the table in front of me, trying to think of a convincing lie as to my whereabouts. What else could I say? “Oh yeah, I just went to a club downtown and ended up in someones house doing coke off a Clue board.” No, I’d never be able to say that. Instead, I glanced up and...
