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Published: 26.04.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays '"The Accident" a Good Short Story ', 1.
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The Accident
The darkness of night had drawn down its shady covers on the last of the fading light. It was about 8:30 in the evening and getting damn cold already. Last thing I remember I was in the office working overtime for the third night in a row and now this... The loneliness of night swept over me and I tried to remember how I got myself into this but I couldn't. My head felt like it was ready to burst and I didn't have anything to calm the ferocious pounding on the inside of my skull. Everything around me felt so weird like a strange dream, yeah that's it, a dream. …

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