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Weekly Contest #359
The Void. Naomi Green ©2026 The nebula was a giant marshmallow buoyant in the starry black expanse. The spaceship sliced through its luminescent dust like a silver knife. Merlin didn’t know if he was hurtling, spinning or floating. Space and time seemed to have blurred. He had no idea how long it had been since the malfunction. He only knew he had no lights and no power. Only the light show of the universe showed its iridescent splendour as the spaceship wove in and out of its heady cocktail of blue-ringed planets, black holes and streaking ...
I ruminated a little. Perhaps it would be best to sit still for a while. After all, I’d only been thrown out two hours before. Someone might come along and want me again. I glanced down at my sheer silver sides, curling round at the ends to form my base, then I looked up at the sky where my small bowl of a head could hold a burning light. I couldn’t think why they’d thrown me out. I had always been part of their dinners, jostling on the table with the crockery and cutlery, lending burnished light to the whole proceedings. I loved the darknes...
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