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Colin Nichols

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2023

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neurosis

Submitted to Contest #220

I don’t remember how I got here. I look around, trying to jumpstart my memory with something. Anything. There’s nothing but sand. It’s soft sand. It feels nice under my feet. …but I’m wearing boots. How can I feel the sand? Wait, now it’s hard sand. Compacted like rock and even hotter. The sun is overwhelming. Suddenly my attention is consumed by it. Was it always this hot? It splits through the hazy sky with the accuracy of a laser. I feel like I’m under attack. It takes my breath away, as if purged out of me by the...

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