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Submitted to Contest #308
I am not scared. Not of what is out there, as that is unknown. I can speculate, sure, but fully grasp, really understand, no. But I am scared. I am scared of the returning. Of what I’m going to find. This farm life is all I’ve ever experienced. What I feel. What I love. I stare out at this landscape, its vastness, sun-scorched and arid, and there is an affiliation from growing up here. Childhood play and working the land. And in the new landscapes, across the seas, what could be my emotional response? Will there be a connection? An adjustmen...
Submitted to Contest #307
Boundless The glow, eerily seeping and persisted, still haunted the space even after these years. For Helena, the faint luminescence and the multitude of tiny lights from the rows of computers were unsettling-not alive, something else, another realm. Beyond. The chairs straight-backed sat stationed beneath the desks, and the banks of computer screens seemed simply asleep. Above, lining the walls, the portraits appeared far more stern, without fun. Outside, bitter hail hammered against the towering stain-glass windows that usually welcomed ge...
Submitted to Contest #303
I didn’t have a choice. No, you wait. I tried really hard, really hard, yet it was impossible. I get the whole complex interplay argument. This is something I’ve researched, you know. Our genetics are the same, same upbringing and, except for later in life, relatively the same life experiences. This weakens the case espousing the moulding of genetic tendencies, don’t you think? Brain structure, you say? The networks connecting the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes, as well as regions like the hippocampus, all play vital roles in reasoni...
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