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Submitted to Contest #162
The stranger eats like an animal. He tears into the day's bread before I've set it properly on the table, fingers prying apart the hard crust to make way for the porous, soft insides. He eats like he's dying. We're a simple family, it's simple food. A thick porridge of grain with shaved, dried meat and pinches of cheese, topped with fresh herbs plucked from the garden.The porridge stains his mustache, flakes get stuck in the stubble on his cheeks. "Travel takes it out of you." He says. "You gotta fast for days, dependin' on the when." He dri...
Submitted to Contest #156
When we first found the parallel universe, no one knew exactly what was going to happen. The scientists specified uncertainty. Proving another reality’s existence was one thing, making contact was another. Should we really disturb the universe? We had wanted to try. We could focus on the greater stunning parts, we could focus on the religious outcry, the political crackdown, desperate to silence the name of discovery and exploration, the corporations who saw possibility in monetization, of duping themselves into sharing their wealth. But we ...
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