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Submitted to Contest #245
In the heart of Illinois, within the rolling plains, lay the town of Cedar Hollow. It was a place where time seemed to move at its own pace, unaffected by the buzz of modern life. Among its residents was a young African-American woman named Emily Stardust, born and raised under the vast Midwestern skies. Emily had always felt a deep connection to the heavens above. Growing up in Cedar Hollow, she had gazed at the stars on clear nights, dreaming of distant worlds and mysteries of outer space. The impending total solar eclipse, with its path c...
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