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Everything was pitch black. A lightless void. One foot in front of the other, each step oddly easy despite my lack of sight. I could feel cold air biting at my being yet it didn't hurt. I never shivered. I could feel myself taking steps, but my feet never seemed to land. My chest rose and fell as my diaphragm expanded and released but I never heard my breath. Had I gone deaf? Blind? I didn't know, I couldn't know. All I could do was walk. I felt utterly calm, I couldn't remember what happened if anything ever did happen. One step was differe...
Submitted to Contest #293
Disclaimer! This is a nonpublished unfinished novel intro!Humans were a miracle. We were never supposed to survive past the ice age. We could only gather enough for one person to eat each day. Though somehow by a miracle, we grew in size and our technologies and cities advanced. From copper tools and crossbows to holograms and skyscrapers. In six million years we have accomplished so much and went from nearly zero to fourteen billion. But that brings some issues, there are fourteen billion people to house. There's not enough room for e...
Submitted to Contest #292
I used to always adore the color purple, always a soft yet royal color. It had a calming feel to it and reminded me of lilacs, lavender, sunsets, koolaid, and childhood. Of a simpler time when I could just be free and think about my next adventure. Of my next story. When I didn't run to my room to hide from the screaming downstairs. It was a safe color and maybe that's why I painted my walls that rich color. A common favorite. Almost everyone liked purple. There was a day when that color wasn't my sole favorite anymore. I was laying in a coz...
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