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Submitted to Contest #324
The wind has teeth. I taste salt on my lips before the ocean even comes into view, and my eyes water - not from emotion but the way a cold slap to the face makes you tear up, automatic. The notebook in my hand weighs more than physics should allow. I check the cover: “Book of Mistakes.” It’s not the original title, but the rebranding happened when I started logging failures instead of feelings. The trail is rutted into memory from generations of dogs and people with unfinished business. The beach is visible in bands between the clumps of ice...
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On the far couch, Sentinel sits hunched, elbows on knees, spine shaped like a question mark. No wedding ring. No nervous fidget, either. Just tremor, clockwork and incurable. Mara makes a note on her tablet: “minimize closeups.” They’d rolled out the promo campaign last week: “A Night With Sentinel—An Icon Returns.” Hashtag: #FirstAmongUs. Old newsreel cuts, drones screaming over city skylines, the slow-motion shot of Sentinel punching through the river wall at Carthage. Twenty years ago, every other apartment had his face on the fridge. Now...
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