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A Shower and a Change"Ah, damn. God damn."

The stain was small, no larger than a coin. It fell near his right hip, nestled in the dip between crotch and thigh. Still, it was nauseating. Paul stripped off the trousers and walked to the sink, hoping the sliver of hotel soap would take out the spot.

He began running the hot water and paused, staring at the vomit. Resisting the urge to gag, he grazed his fingers over the stain. It was purely liquid and slick like dish soap, but the sickly brown could only be vomit. He slowly raised his hand to his face and sniffed his fingers. Nothing. It seemed, for a moment, odorless. But no, he suddenly caught a faint

Odyssey II Submission: Chapter OneCHAPTER ONE: WORLD'S END

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December. – J.M. Barrie

The young redhaired woman was admiring herself in a full-length mirror. The vintage dress she was modeling reflected her fondness for the antique. She still laughed to think of how as a teenager she'd wandered from Victoria Station all the way down to the World's End area of the King's Road, somehow naively thinking that some glittering remnant of a 1960s storefront would magically appear.

A casual observer might have placed her in her late 20s or early 30s, with a sly smile that suggested a rare intelligence bubbling just below

The Host With the MostPaul staggered out into the early morning fog like a drunkard.

He hunched into the raised lapels of this too-thin jacket and wandered away from the hotel, disoriented, shivering--panic gnawing at his gut like a cannibal. "I need help," he thought, "but where?" The nearest hospital was the obvious answer, but the thought of what the doctors would do filled his mind with images of hospital beds with straps, extended isolation with no answers and needles piercing his flesh.

The mass on his thigh was growing--that was certain. Paul could feel it writhing and pushing against his flesh as he walked.

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Odyssey illustration no. 3 for prologueby ~MajoPavlovic

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©2012-2013 ~MajoPavlovic

My third (should be first) illustration, from the beginning of the prologue, and it's about that part where 'it was like the city opened its legs for him' ...

~alovesickman Nov 10, 2012 Professional Writer

Wow, so literal.

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~MajoPavlovic Nov 11, 2012 Professional General Artist

yes indeed ... nice city

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~djvlado Nov 3, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

napokon si se prikljucio dude

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~MajoPavlovic Nov 3, 2012 Professional General Artist

ehehej, jesam nedavno i odmah se zad'o s ovim konkursom, kao sto vidis

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~RobertWGetz Oct 26, 2012

The only piece I liked as much as yours was the one that won, for what it's worth. Congrats from a fellow runner-up!

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~MajoPavlovic Oct 26, 2012 Professional General Artist

Thank you, congrats to the winner

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~kendosakila Oct 20, 2012

Seedy, gritty and daunting! I was 16 and on my own when I first went to London, this picture sums up my expectations of the place at that time. Love it!

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~MajoPavlovic Oct 20, 2012 Professional General Artist

thank you, I'm glad that you love it!!! wish you luck with your submission!

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~RobertWGetz Oct 19, 2012

Very nice! Especially like how one leg is Sloane and the other Victoria Station (read my Chap 1 to see why!). Anyway, well done!

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