This round is now closed, though do feel free to make use of the prompt below for your own story's inspiration.
The Black Death, The Plague, or any number of other names... Whatever you want to call it, there's no doubt that had it not happened, the world would probably be a much bigger place today!
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In 1000 words or less, tell the story of a resident of Constantinople and his/her experience with The Black Death.
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Any entries longer than 1K words will have their score reduced by 5 points.
Entries must be written in English. Unfortunately, we don't have any other language capabilities.
Whilst some leeway will be given, do your best to keep things PG-13.
Round 1.1 closes on Sunday, July 15th. Entries submitted after this date will not be scored.
Only entries submitted via this form will be considered eligible for judging, however should you wish to share the link to your entry in the comments section, please feel free to do so - in fact, we encourage this!
