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Submitted to Contest #337
Something lives beneath the island. Deep down, below the insects and the worms. If you press your feet to the dirt, you might feel the distant pulse of its heartbeat, a rumble of it shifting around. And there is a village, nestled in a valley between forested hills. The ground is soft and fertile, ready to be tilled, and there’s a sparkling river fed by a spring. It is a good village. But the people who live there are hungry. Not for meat or fruit, the island provides enough of that. It still doesn’t satisfy them. Because even when their b...
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