"Declan Carroll's Unfortunate Death"

"No one ever spoke of Declan Carroll without mentioning his rather unfortunate death at the age of twenty-four. Some said it was a tragedy – his future greatness, of which there had never been any doubt, snuffed out by a cruel, indifferent world; others said it was the funniest thing they had ever heard. But all agreed that Declan had been far too young, and that it was a shame all of his accomplishments would be forever overshadowed by one brief error in judgment..." To read the entire story click here.

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Scratch Ticket

"Alice reached into the garbage can and started sifting through the contents. It was one of a half a dozen that lined the front of the train station. She pawed the top of the pile, but feeling nothing worthy of further inspection, dug downwards like a mole burrowing its way through soft earth. She couldn’t see very far inside because the bin was encased in a stainless steel box with a door at the back that was latched and locked, as if there were something of value inside instead of just things people had tossed away..."

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