Lei Schwartz

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ā€œThe Shadow of the Coloniesā€ by Lei Schwartz

Submitted to Contest #215

The moon is swollen, fat, round, and full. It lazily drips, like molten chocolate, a glaze of silver upon the dark forest. I sit at a cliff's precipice at the top of raggedy Millers Peak, tucked amongst reddish thorn bushes that scratch at my arms, leaving raised red scratches. Iā€™m staring down at the flickering firelights of the small town. A sigh escapes my pursed lips without my permission, my state doleful as I sit alone while the United Colonies live, drumming like the heartbeat of a living thing below me. The colonies here, they're s...

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