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Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come for us writers to take center stage for a time. The Black Garden as well as our friends over in Arts and Stuff are going to host a contest that is solely devoted to writers. The rules are simple.
For any who wish to enter, you are tasked with writing a short little anecdote that is to have a maximum of 300 words. The location for this piece of work is to be located in the picture provided above. The deadline for entering is this Sunday(14th) at midnight. For any who wish to enter, please submit your stories by placing them in the comments.
Judging will be done in two phases. The first phase will consist of a Panel of both groups reading over each story and deciding which seven are the best of the best. Once the first stage is complete, we shall hand it over to you, the audience, to decide who is ranked number one as lore master. The Winner of this contest shall receive a print of the Buried City signed by the Destiny writing team.
Good luck and Be Brave.
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The sun shone across the martian wasteland, blasting buildings and creatures with unbearable heat, a reminder of the red planets inhospitable past. At the border of Cabal territory lies a decaying city, its name long forgotten, all that is left of a once bustling testament to human achievement are ghosts and echos. The sand has already taken its toll on the city,crimson dust consumes entire buildings and soon the city will be invisible, buried underneath tonnes of sand, but not yet, no, survivors still cling on to the corpse, not in mourning but in desperation, they search and scrounge for any remnants of the golden age that may prove useful in the struggle against the monstrous menace of the Cabal, most of what they find is useless trinkets, shards of a distant history, but sometimes there is treasure to be found among the bones and crumpled framework, treasure that even in the time before, remained a well kept secret, and now these sand beaten warriors of the new age discover thrilling and powerful ways to fight against the alien threat. One must remember though, that not all of these secrets were intended to be found.