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CONSTANTINOS OLYMBIOS

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The Letters That Crossed an Ocean

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I remember the first letter. Not the envelope, or the handwriting, or even what it said. What I remember—what I’ll never forget—is the feeling. That something had come into my world from far, far away, and it had chosen me. I was ten. It was a Tuesday. My father brought in the mail and handed me a plain envelope with blue and red borders, one of those airmail ones. My name was written in big, careful letters. Inside was a folded sheet of lined paper. A boy named Tommy from England introduced himself. “Dear Konstantinos, My teacher said ...

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That Summer in Maritsa’s Shadow

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Submitted to Contest #308

The old house still smelled of jasmine and soap. Decades had passed since its last occupants had left, yet every corner remained still, frozen in time, as if it were waiting. On the floor, beside the iron-framed bed, stood Maritsa’s chest. I opened it with hesitation—and love. There, beneath an embroidered kerchief, among yellowed notebooks and a bar of soap that had captured the scent of the past, I found the letter. And just like that, everything came rushing back. I was only nine years old when my parents left me in the village for a fe...

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The Day I Was Reborn

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Submitted to Contest #307

Have you ever felt as if life gave you a second start? That one moment was enough to change everything? That’s how I felt one summer afternoon, when the sea — which had always meant freedom to me — became the stage for a near-tragedy.I was eighteen, full of dreams, hungry for life, excited for every new experience. That day, like many others, I ran toward the waves with joy in my chest. I remember the salty wind brushing against my face, the laughter of friends echoing on the shore, and the rush of the cool water around my ankles. It was sup...

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