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Adin Smith

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What would happen if i turned around right now/what would happen if i got up and just went/what would happen when-if-why-how-with-who/no/okay/just shut up/

Weekly Contest #367

When we’re in the water, I hear nothing. Finally my brain is turned off. I’m looking and seeing and feeling and floating and absolutely nothing is registering. It goes through me like light in a window pane and I am the light. Currents guide me towards rocks towering all around, slanting inwards like a canyon but outlined by deep green: a forest reaching down to offer a hand. I let my feet slip from mossy boulders and follow the flow; a sea otter taking an afternoon dip. Where the sun warms the waters is where I stop, hugging a protruding st...

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Childhood Dream

Weekly Contest #83

Vidia's head breaks through the surface of the water, but a hand smothers her face. She goes under again, shutting her eyes just in time. Salty, bitter water floods into her nasal passages, causing flaming sparks to set off in the back of her skull. Her chest caves in, convulsing in and out as it fervidly begs for air. The hand lifts off her and she uses her last strength to reach out above the water. With air accessible now, Vidia spits the water out of her mouth and fills her lungs. She breathes heavily, feeling returning to her arms ...

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