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Submitted to Contest #220
HOSPITAL “What was it like?” Tom’s voice snapped me out of my daydreaming. I turned around to face him and realised he was holding his hands together in his lap, twisting them somewhat impatiently. I had been in the middle of telling him about a waterfall I’d seen during cross country. A smile appeared on my face. “It was..” My voice trailed off as I tried to find the right adjective. Tom had always been the more literate out of the two of us; he had a way with words that no one else seemed able to replicate. “It was beautiful.” I finishe...
Submitted to Contest #101
Have you ever thought about mirrors? You know, the things you pull faces at while brushing your teeth and occasionally catch yourself dancing in front of? Sometimes naked? Don’t worry, we don’t judge here. According to the smart people, rays of light shine on them and are reflected back and seen as colour by the cones in our eyes. And, because of this, when we turn off the light, it can’t create reflections. Or, maybe it’s because the light is off and we can’t see anyway. But shh don’t tell them that. I remember one particular physics c...
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