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Submitted to Contest #293
Aclla stood up, her legs as shaky as a newborn cria. Her hands brushed away the bits of earth that clung to the back of her pullira. The wool hung heavily with Amaru’s water and her own blood. He was nowhere to be seen, having disappeared into the brush as quickly as he had ambushed her. She searched for the path; the matted earth had been swallowed by darkness while she squeezed her eyes and Amaru panted over her. She fell forward onto her hands and patted the ground until she found where the soil had been molded by her people. Th...
Submitted to Contest #220
Ava watched her own picture burn in the bonfire alongside the notes she had written her classmates over the years. She heard their taunts as her face bubbled and melted. She threw her red cup to the ground, foamy beer spilling from its side and soaking into the matted grass. She turned away from their laughter and headed west on foot across Old Man Zimmerman’s field. The grass was wet below a low fog dotted with dairy cows. She stopped on the train trestle and rested her elbows on the edge.She stood on the bridge in the darkness, listening t...
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