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Submitted to Contest #326
Hugh stood at the carriage door, gazing out of the window, blurred faces coming into greater focus as the train eased into the station. The train stopped entirely and Hugh looked out at an elderly woman wearing a bright red beanie. She had been waiting right on the edge of the platform, her feet blatantly over the yellow line. Shuffling to the left, the woman lined herself up with Hugh's carriage door, then raised her finger to the entrance button. Hugh, always eager to be first out of the carriage, stood exactly opposite her. The two commut...
Submitted to Contest #325
As far as she knew, there was no name for her condition. In the past, Elaine had described her symptoms to several doctors. A doctor might ask, ‘... have you had any recent health concerns?’ and she would answer, ‘Yes. Whenever I speak to someone on the phone, I visualise them in incredible detail’. A pause would follow and to fill the silence she might add, ‘Except, the faces don’t belong to the people who are speaking. It also happens when I listen to the radio. Or hear an announcement over a loudspeaker, like at the train station’. The do...
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