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Submitted to Contest #337
The strange creatures seemed unconcerned as Jones reached into the glass-clear water to steal their eggs. Barefoot, her pants rolled to her knees, she stepped carefully, slipping her fingers into the sand where the eggs were just half-buried and easy to pluck. She was wary and worked quickly, but the creatures merely blinked their rows of tiny eyes and shuffled their turtle-shell bodies out of her way. There were dozens of the large eggs but she took only six. Two each would be plenty. Over her shoulder the swollen red sun began to dip towar...
Submitted to Contest #329
There was guilt in her decision to go back, and fear of what she might find. She hadn’t seen her friend for many years. Shortly after the... incident... Anjelica had moved away from the island for good. An escape disguised as personal ambition for bigger things, but in truth a selfish move more than anything else. She couldn’t bear to watch Marisol’s descent into madness. Anjelica hadn’t kept in touch, hadn’t once written to friends to check on Marisol’s wellbeing. Too painful. The guilt had kept her away for all these years, but the seed of...
Submitted to Contest #328
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