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[ZAPFIC - tell me a tale in 240 characters or less Writing Contest - Week 96 - with Prize pool including 6 SBI 100 Marlians, 100 CCC!](https://steempeak.com/hive-114105/@felt.buzz/42ung8-zapfic-tell-me-a-tale-in-240-characters-or-less-a-micro-fiction-contest-with-prize-pool-including-6-sbi-100-marlians-100-ccc)

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The hospital chapel was a place they'd never been.

After visiting the nursery, their knees buckled at the verdict handed them.

"Lean not to your own understanding," they heard a voice say.

As they turned, he greeted them with open arms.
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<center>**It's ZAPFIC!
THE MICROFICTION CONTEST WHERE EVERYONE WINS!
Steem's longest running shortest story contest!**</center>
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<center><u>**CONTEST RULES**</u></center>

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|**What is #zapfic?**|A short micro fiction story written in 240 characters or less.|
|----|----|
|**Who created it?**|@felt.buzz was the inventor of the hashtag and contest.|
|**What type of contest is it?**|It's a weekly contest with a big prize pool.|
|**What are the rules?**|1. Create a post using the #zapfic so @felt.buzz can find it;
||2. Post must contain 240 characters or less; (Use a word/character counter like this free one (https://wordcounter.net/) to check your character count!)
||3. Post must be a coherent story;
||4. It would be a great idea to link back to the contest post so others may find it should they wish to join;
|**What do you win?**|The winnings may vary, so look for @felt.buzz's post; 
||PLUS, every valid entry will get resteemed and upvoted by 50% by his main Steem account.
||PLUS, if you use the tags *#creativecoin,* *#palnet*, *#neoxian* and *#marlians* you will get a 50% upvote from @felt.buzz’s tribe curation accounts too!|

###### It’s a contest where everyone wins! So, if you didn’t join in this week, how about participating next week!


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Thanks,
@justclickindiva

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