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“Write a story about someone who sets off in one direction and ends up somewhere else.”

Posted in Short Story on Apr 25, 2025

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Weekly Contest #300

The woman heard a sound and it sounded like a whale even though she lived nowhere near water. For the first hour after hearing it, she looked toward where she knew there was no whale and she only breathed and watched. There were no other noises but the dead branches shaking and howling wind. The woman had been alone for a long while now and after the hour passed and she still hadn’t moved, she remembered how alone she was. There used to be a dog here with her, but the dog was dead. There wasn’t enough food and she couldn’t feed the two of th...

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