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Challenge of the Month XXXIX
Write a short poem about your own private Hell. The tortured who reigns gets 100 big ones. Winner will be picked by Prose. Go.
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Challenge
Challenge of the Week CCXXV
You're on the wrong end of a chrome .45 with a pearl grip. Write a story or poem about what put you there, and which end of the chrome you're on. End the story with the last words you will either say to the other, or the last words you will ever hear. A big, fat $25 is at stake. Winner is decided by likes. Go.
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Kiss Me Goodnight
When you make wagers like this all of the worst possible outcomes fall wayside the blind arrogance that brought you here. Betrayal of time in a moment that was never supposed to arrive. Metal shaft squeezing my temple reminds me of the wager I made with my life. When I decided to shack up with my dope dealer's wife.