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Submitted to Contest #227
I pull my chair up to the window and stare at the last snowfall planet Earth would ever see. How ironic it was that the first snowfall in decades here in the southernmost continent on Earth would also be the last snowfall. Ever. Even now, other than this small area of land at the bottom of the world, the rest of the planet is a scorched wasteland. In a strange way, this snowfall is both beautiful and horribly ugly at the same time. For the last two hundred and twelve years, everyone knew what was going to happen. Ev...
Submitted to Contest #210
Log Date 475.551 My ship awakened me from stasis, and I have spent much of the day allowing the medical systems to work on my physical recovery. Once I was feeling well enough to look over the ship’s logs, I discovered something unexpected. I am not on our colony planet of Oracia. My ship has suffered a severe mechanical malfunction, and autolanded itself upon the nearest planet that would support life; a planet which happens to show few signs of a technologically developed civilization. Once I have completed this lo...
Submitted to Contest #208
It’s been almost a year, and I still can’t believe she’s gone. We knew it was coming, but that doesn’t make it any easier to deal with when it happens. Almost everything is settled; the will was probated, her clothing and kitchen items have been donated, there’s a truck coming to pick up the few furnishings that are left, and the house just went under contract a few days ago. It’s time to clean out the few things that are left and throw them in the trash before the new owners close and move in. I look around the bedroom and s...
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