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Submitted to Contest #329
A red ball rolled across the street, a child ran behind it unaware of the taxi cab driving down the road. Ziad was startled. A routine walk from work to home had brought his mind back to the void. A deep, black, silent void. His breath caught in his throat. His eyes grew teary. The loud scratch of the tires on the asphalt, the kid’s mom yelling, and the wide-eyed cab driver were suddenly too much to handle for him. He kept walking forward without glancing at the street, as if on autopilot, going straight home — no detours today. He had left ...
Submitted to Contest #328
The sun is shining bright but the wind grazes my skin with a cold bite. I had never felt this before: the feeling of autumn and winter, the paradox of a sunny day in cold weather. I used to be a warm-weather person who didn’t know the seasons change, who lived in intervals of twelve hours between sunrise and sunset, who never had to move the clock forward or back. I never saw leaves turn brown, die, and be born again. All I ever knew were evergreen trees. Eternal summer showers. This new city I live in has taken me in as one of their own. Sh...
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