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Clement Udo had always been a man of bold words and hasty conclusions. At forty-eight, with a growing paunch and a receding hairline that betrayed his best efforts with black dye, he was finally coming to terms with a simple, cruel truth: he was not very well-liked. It wasn’t that Clement was wicked. No, far from it. He didn’t steal from widows or cheat at cards. But over the years, his mouth had proven faster than his sense. He had a gift for saying the wrong thing at precisely the wrong time, like a man who consistently trips over the only...
--- The Echoes of Aisling Wood by Emmanuel Oregbesan Word count: 1,812 --- It took a few seconds to realise I was utterly and completely lost. The forest had a way of doing that to you — of folding you into its green, breathing mass and then quietly moving the paths behind your back. One moment you were chasing a shaft of light between the leaves, and the next, the world you knew had been swallowed whole by the dense thicket. Aisling Wood was a place whispered about in town. Old farmers swore by the ancient spirits of the trees, speaking of...
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