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Submitted to Contest #296
The last photograph Gabriel Neumann would see with clarity was of a dead bird on wet asphalt. In the darkroom, his fingers found the negative by muscle memory. The central spot devoured his vision—first the details, then the shapes. He blinked, useless. The diagnosis was just words three days ago; now it was tangible reality. Macular degeneration. The center fades, the periphery remains. A photographer who can only see the edges of the world. Gabriel stored the negative and turned off the light. The familiar darkness of the darkroom, once a ...
Submitted to Contest #293
Martin Weiss had the same face I remembered, now framed by gray hair at the temples. I watched him approach down the airplane aisle, checking his seat number—next to mine. My fingers, which hours earlier had danced across ivory keys for an audience of a thousand, now twitched nervously on the armrest. I closed my eyes, pretending to sleep. I wasn't prepared for this encounter. Not today, when each applause still sounded like an accusation in my ears. The tour had been a success in everyone's eyes but mine. Six countries, eighteen concerts, e...
Submitted to Contest #289
The forest was alive, though not in the way we usually think of life. It was an ancient existence, conscious, pulsing in every leaf and every drop of dew. The trees whispered among themselves in a language I could almost understand, their roots shifting beneath my feet like the veins of a colossal organism. The air was thick, laden with meanings that slipped just beyond my comprehension. It felt like walking inside a dream that refused to let me sleep—keeping me awake, aware of every moment, of every choice that had brought me here. The prom...
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