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SimplyJanuary 2011 Contest: Headlines

We see headlines all the time, whether in newspapers, in magazine articles, in blogs and so on. They are designed to attract our attention to the stories that they are promoting. How many times have you been drawn to read something because of a catchy headline? For this contest, simplyprose (https://www.deviantart.com/simplyprose) challenges you with this contest theme: Write a short story based on a headline, whether from a newspaper, magazine article, blog, any kind of written media. Do NOT read the story that is accompanied with the headline. Your inspiration should be derived solely from the headline. Allow your imagination to transform the headline into possible storylin

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Only Way Home

It was one of those long platforms, you know, the ones where a train can have something stupid like 20 carriages and still fit on it. It was getting late very fast, and slowly, flickering with age, a harsh yellow light spotlighted a lone red bench. The rest of the lights were broken. The platform could boast no more than this, other than a battered-looking ticket machine, that begrudgingly spewed out tickets for impatient travellers. The other platform was just as bad. Worse, even, it might be said. What use was a graffiti'd sign and a sheltered bench, that wasn't really sheltered at all. Who would want to stop at this station, I wouldn't kno

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