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Terry Silk

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Heart of Fire and Tail of Ice, Comets sing you Lullabies

Terry Silk

Submitted to Contest #274

She couldn’t tear her eyes away from it. Out of everything that could be holding her attention, it had to be the single shoe in the middle of the road. Tipped over onto its side, caked in enough ash and dust that she couldn’t tell what its original color had been. It was small.Alone. Tara slammed her eyes closed and tipped her head back. The smoke and rubble had settled enough that she could see a dusting of stars in the fading light of the sky. It would be dark soon. She’d known, in an abstract sort of way, that things like t...

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Lobscouse

Terry Silk

Submitted to Contest #270

‘Two pounds of corned beef and smoked ham each, stick’em in a pot with a bay leaf and cover it all with water.’ He’d never wanted to be a cook. He’d joined the Royal Navy in the hopes of making his father proud, his mother happy, his brother inspired. He’d enlisted as soon as he’d passed for a sixteen year old and set off as a seaman on an old, rickety cow of a merchant ship.He’d felt mighty proud of himself. By the time he’d made it back to the port town he’d once called home, two years had passed.  ‘Simmer the pot for a litt...

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