RE: STACH Short Story Contest #23: 199 words, 5 winners, 15SBD prize pool!

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STACH Short Story Contest #23: 199 words, 5 winners, 15SBD prize pool!

in contest •  7 years ago 

Dustin knew the creed, “Danger shall come to you when you appear weak”. Dustin was a slave sold to a tyrannical slave owner Mr. Jarvis, who hated the sight of weakness. He was renowned for lynching his slaves that fell ill, became feeble and did not recover on time and would replace them with new ones. However, Dustin was in a state of exhaustion having managed to escape death for seven years, he knew his exhaustion would soon be found out so began to devise a plan to either escape or kill Mr. Jarvis. He quickly found willing allies who were afraid of becoming the next victim. An opening came on the Independence Day when Mr. Jarvis was merry with wine, Sokuta the wine server managed to drug the wine with a dose of poison they extracted from a deadly mushroom growing around the edge of the field. Mr. Jarvis drank the wine and died. His death became known to all. This threw the happy moments of the family into sadness, a perfect red blood sky that rained sorrows. To the slaves, the sky could be anything it loved, so far Jarvis was gone.

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