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Submitted to Contest #324
They say still waters runs deep, but there’s nothing still about these deep waters. The elders warned us not to come to these parts of the rainforest.A class excursion two weeks ago to an indigenous exhibit at the local museum, featured a display on the legend of Nivara Gorge.‘What’s Nivara mean?’ Sophia asked the guide, pointing to the name at the top of a large poster of the captivating waterhole.‘Nivara means, quiet water’The vivid blue, green aquatic body looked protected, cocooned by smooth, large boulders in varying shades of stone bei...
Warning: Physical violence, abuse & self-harm. Sitting on the damp, worn timber slats, the air I breathe is suffocating. It’s a fusion of salty brine and rotting wood. In a bid to pass time, I lift the musky corner of, tattered carpet I’m sitting cross legged on. Taking the end of a bobby pin I keep hidden, I scratch it back and forth with pressure to place another marking into the wood. I lightly blow away the shavings I’ve created and let the carpet slap back against the planks. I adjust it ever so slightly to make sure my markings are...
Submitted to Contest #323
It was Ava’s weekly ritual to meet with random people she had met on dating apps. I knew this week’s guy was bad news from the beginning. I just had this feeling. I guess it was a spiritual intuition, trying to warn me, to warn her.‘You can’t trust these dating apps Ava.’ I told her. Ava had been like a giddy schoolgirl.‘Check him out Willow he’s so hot.’‘Is that actually his photo though?’ I was sceptical. I didn’t think it was possible for anyone to be that good looking unless it was with the help of AI.‘Horatio?’ I question his name and t...
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