Excellent 100 word contest Death Row by Spiritual Echo The Prisoner writing prompt entry

It was her first shift at the state-run facility. Grace imagined her posting on death row allowed her inexperience to have no impact, giving her a chance to get used to the despair on the faces of the inmates. Through the night, she was drawn to the man in the bed at the end of the corridor. His blue eyes remained open, as if standing sentinel for the last hours of his life. "Aren't you frightened?" She whispered from the doorway. "No," he responded. "Time of death noted." The doctor signed the chart and continued his hospital rounds. Writing Prompt In 100 words, or less, write a short story--not necessarily a flash-fiction, though it could be--on the theme/subject/topic of 'prisoner'. It could be literal or metaphoric.

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