Emily Marcus

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“Huntress” by Emily Marcus

Submitted to Contest #205

Every scent is an omen. We read the air and the trees, asking nature to pull us forward or send us home. The sun, finally sunk, inks out her last exuberant display on the dusted sky (one day I hope to be the type of person whose presence is still felt after she leaves a room). The bike path is nearly empty by the time we meet, our laden backpacks speaking mid-Autumn myths of two middle-school girls heading off to finish school projects and study sessions to the few passersby. When we return, empty-handed, it will be too dark to notice us, an...

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