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The 31 Sentence Contest Winners: Round 18

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We had four entries this round:

(1) @jadams2k18 - The Underground Shelter

(2) @free-reign - Heir Apparent

(3) @letalis-laetitia - Pipgirl

(4) @ireenchew - A Whole Different Level of Free Writing

  • Special mention:

@felt.buzz is supporting this contest and is therefore excluded from the prizes but that didn't stop him from writing an awesome story for you to feast your brains on - Safe


Before the judging...

Does anyone of you feel trapped like you are in a vault that you can't leave for fear that some government official might grab you off of the vacant street to site you with the rules and regulations that are being enforced this year?

Did you run out of toilet paper yet? Did you have to secretly beat an old woman and then steal the hoarded toilet paper found in the trunk of her car?

Have you let the major news stations fill your brain with the apocalyptic world they want us to see?

How many of you are fucking like bunnies? Does it remind you of the 1960's? You know - free love; next comes the next baby boomer generation called Generation Covid-19! (I'm currently ALL alone! Help me!!!)

Have you really gone down into that underground bunker, prepared to live down there for years if need be, locked the door and threw away the key?

I hope that you have answered "no" to most of these questions. LOL

If you're living in fear about the numbers of people dying, keep this in mind because the number may be extremely over-exaggerated. Not to say this isn't happening, just be mindful.

Keep in mind the biggest virus of them all - the F-virus. Nothing comes close in our world to the number of deaths that have been tallied up because of it.

If there was one thing that you should commit to memory, I think, specifically in this time, it should be this:

"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain." Dune

Be well, friends, and stay safe.

p.s. My stay with the people who invited me in as this was all just starting has been extended until this is over and their roommate returns.

On another note, I found out that I've been given "emergency" housing, which happened a month ago but, because the woman was not allowed to keep me as a friend on Facebook (one of the most reliable ways to reach me and the only way she had to reach me) because she was risking losing her job, I only found out yesterday. Fuck the system!

And, very sad to hear, Bernie dropped out of the presidential race. He had been, to date, the only person that I've voted for in my adult life. Now the only option is between two racist fucks, none of which I support. Damn it.



Now for the judging.





First Place

@letalis-laetitia - Pipgirl

Second Place

@jadams2k18 - The Underground Shelter

Third Place

@free-reign - Heir Apparent





Round 19 is out. Come stop by if time permits.



Previous Contest Weeks: Entries and Winners

WEEK
12 - Solo entry34
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9101112
1314 - Solo entry1516
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