Andrew Robertson

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“The Boatman” by Andrew Robertson

Submitted to Contest #288

The Boatman A dawn haze hung low over the Hooghly River, shrouding the lush countryside in a blanket of surreal calm. The imposing river, one of many Ganges tributaries, wove across the lowlands and flowed serenely toward the Bay of Bengal. A sonorous voice drifted across the water as a boatman, concealed within the morning mist, sang in Bhatiyali style. His song was one of devotion, love, or possibly loneliness, as he leisurely drifted downstream. On the bank of the river a man waited, scanning for the boatman. He fidgeted impatiently and ...

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“The Primordial Soup” by Andrew Robertson

              The Primordial Soup Henry Doddle loosened his shoulders, sucked in a breath of balmy night air, and construed a searching leonine gaze down Restaurant Row. He fumed at his wife Daisy for not allowing him to wear his cowboy hat, but managed an uncomfortable contorted swagger suited to meandering among the fashionable diners. However, Henry’s effulgence diminished, and his façade began buckling under the weight of social expectations. He mused, ‘Daisy shoul...

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