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Totte Jonsson

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Stargazing for the Colour of Love

Weekly Contest #314

David was a man with low self-confidence. He found uncertainty and insecurity difficult to deal with and therefore tried to avoid them in every way he could. He rarely dared to try anything that he didn't know would turn out well.David was also very much in love with Hanna and wanted to live with her as husband and wife. He believed she was fond of him too, but he wasn't sure.Nevertheless, he wanted to take the step of proposing to her.But there was a risk that he would be rejected. What if that ruined the warm relationship they had — the on...

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Evelyn's Home Care

Weekly Contest #312

Evelyn ended the call with her son. Her gaze was dull, her eyes half closed. She was tired.And rightly so. Evelyn had lived a long life. Having just turned ninety-seven, she could look back on a lengthy and successful life, one that was busy, filled with hard work, memorable events and profound experiences – joyful, but also some painful ones.But now, as her strength was fading, she had to succumb and agree to her son's wish: she would accept home care. It wasn't easy. Evelyn had always been independent, taking care of herself and her three ...

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The will of the Gods

Weekly Contest #302

The leader looked around the group, his gaze moving from one person to the next, but no one met his eyes.They probably know what I'm going to say, the leader thought.Gaby was uneasy; the leader's suspicion was undoubtedly true in her case. She had a feeling about where this meeting was going. Recent developments at the project site had not been satisfactory. As the lead developer responsible for the basic algorithm, she had a lot of responsibility for the actions of the players, and things were not going well. Not well at all.Sure enough, th...

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The other horizon

Weekly Contest #300

There is a small island with round rocky shores facing the waters between Sweden and the Baltic—an eastern outpost of the Scandinavian peninsula, where land finally gives way to the sea.Two hundred years ago, it was much smaller, divided into two or three small parts. A few thousand years ago, it did not exist at all—it was the seabed.But when the great ice sheet gave way and retreated fifteen thousand years ago, releasing its oppressive weight, the earth's crust began to rise, allowing the land to increase again slowly. The sea receded. Roc...

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The gaze of the other

One day, Ludwig decided to start facing the world. It was unfamiliar at first; in fact, it was uncomfortable. He almost considered returning to his usual behaviour, but things began to improve after a few days and some daring experiments in town. Gradually, he grew more accustomed to it, and eventually, it became completely natural — almost as if he had never done it any other way.Maybe this is even in my genes, he thought, puzzled about why he hadn't always done it this way.But let's start from the beginning. Ludwig was a recently retired m...

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Turn Left, and You'll Be Right

Weekly Contest #296

Based on a small event that actually took place, but 99% is fictionI am not really a very religious person, at least not in the strict sense. Nor do I believe in magic in the sense that we are controlled by some kind of external force that wishes us something, either good or bad. Things happen, the world takes its course, and the forces of nature work blindly and without any particular meaning or purpose.In that sense, I am probably an ordinary, modern, secular person. No one could accuse me of believing in fairy tales or gnomes and trolls.B...

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