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Weekly Contest #344
CW: Refugee trauma Isa's diaryJanuary 6th, 1920Both the War and the Revolution are over. We have survived. We have peace at last. But now we are refugees. We pick our way down the steep, ridged, shaky gangplank, holding tight on to the rope railing. Father has pushed us ahead so my older sister and I would be the first to place our feet on free land. He has given Tamara his small but weighty box of valuables to carry, as he has the heavier bags. I shuffle down sideways, holding onto the swinging handrail. Tamara hugs the box close and has on...
So, after hugs, tears, and kisses, on a cold, dull morning, Paul, Sophia, Tamara and Isa, together with Aunt Julia, are waving goodbye from the ship’s rail. They sail out into the Black Sea. Today it is truly black, black in color and black in mood. Paul grips the Arta's stern railings tightly and stares. The harbor quays are already out of sight. The east-facing buildings on the bluff above the Potemkin Steps shine palely through the light morning mist, as the wintery sun appears over the horizon. He can see the reflection in the water from...
Weekly Contest #291
Jazzy Bones In New Orleans on business, so called. An educational trip organised by HAL Ltd the vendors of a computer system costing just over a million. We had been flown in from the. UK in an executive jet to inspect the practical application of HAL computers. The task delegated to us was to evaluate HAL's offering against the competition. The Priest Shipbuilding Limited board were seeking a report giving our findings and recommendations. While this was not a jolly and we were learning it was nevertheless, also not so subtle bribery. HAL w...
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