Sharp

Milk Wood

Someone said “To destroy is always the first step in any creation.”

So, he grabbed his sketchbook and drew. Whatever he drew, he destroyed.

The smile on his sister's face for each time she made him look stupid. The ice-cream business of his friend who bullied him as a kid. The records his cruel cousin stored alphabetically. And he went on and on.

Then, he drew New York. He didn't know why. He had nothing against New York.

So, he drew himself a pair of thick glasses and he never touched the sketchbook again.

New York survived with minor damages.

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Mug

Milk Wood

The mug was empty.

The cop sniffed it, after pulling it closer with a pen. He shook his head.

Then, they went through the whole house. Nothing looked out of place, except that one mug.

The cop sniffed it again.

“Whose drink was this?”

The old man shrugged, looking away.

“Your wife's?”

He couldn't remember, he said. Old age, you know.

When the police combed through the house again, they found it, the tin.

This was not a case of amnesia, but a case of death by hot chocolate, hot chocolate seasoned with a slight scent of almonds.

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Transmission

Milk Wood

The image on TV was broken. It went from color to black and white, and back to color again.

The master was saying “In a mad world, only the mad are sane.” And then, the TV went blank.

She hummed the sound of static, but there was only silence.

Suddenly, her dream started playing on TV, the exact same dream she had the night before, that sweet dream of revenge.

She looked at her hands. They were tinted red.

“What have I done?”

She sighed, stood up, and slammed her fist on the TV.The master was still speaking.

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Your Lion

Tatty Soup

The family of sheep grazed placidly. Their life was simple. They slept, they ate, they slept, and everything in between. It was a normal sheep life.

Except for that black one. There's always one who thinks he's different.

The family rolled their eyes each time he tried to roar. The neighbor sheep laughed and called him “your little lion”. Mother sheep was absolutely furious.

The day the neighbor sheep were taken away to be slaughtered, begging for mercy, the little lion roared. The humans smiled and thought that was so cute, and spared the family's life.

Who's laughing now, huh?

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(Pick Two - judge, delivery, your, lion, unicorn, cherry, incense, if)