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Submitted to Contest #293
The Venetian Gem 27th March 2020 Venice, Italy "We're late. Mum, you really need to hurry". Here I am, a 42-year-old woman from Sydney, negotiating the wind and waves of a Venetian acqua alta, on my way to a meeting with the world’s foremost expert on aged wine, and then I need to jump on a flight to Sydney. All before the Australian borders are slammed shut due to the recent covid outbreak. I do feel I am getting ahead of myself, so bear with me. I am an heiress, a very broke heiress but an heiress, nonetheless. I am related by marriage to...
Submitted to Contest #278
The SecretAugust 1878 Melbourne VIC Australia“Lie back, Mum and try and relax. Remember the doctor told you that getting agitated would not do you any good’ Martha gave her daughter a confused look, not really knowing who she was.“I took him lunch, every day, every single day”.“I know you did, Mum. I remember”.Maggie recalled as a child her softly spoken and hardworking mother delivered her father a packed lunch every day. At the time she did not think this was strange, it was just part of their routine. She and her brother would stay with t...
Submitted to Contest #275
The lost art of aurascribing 11-year-old twins Lloyd and Jessica are perched above the elaborate, gothic church, snuggled into a crevice in the wall they had discovered by accident. From this vantage point they could clearly see the finely dressed wedding party below. It contained the usual display of penguin suits and white swishy dresses. “She looks a bit trashy, I think, we hit them with the Doom and Gloon dust”, Lloyd looked at his sister earnestly. (Lloyd does a lot of earnest-type looking) “No Jess, we hav...
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