Nicole Wilbur

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“The Wheel of Fortune Never Stops Turning” by Nicole Wilbur

Submitted to Contest #180

Last night Queen Amalia’s string of bad luck culminated in an unfortunate sneeze at the exactly wrong moment. The guards at the checkpoint found her hiding under a tangle of nets in a fisherman’s boat. They seized her, tying her arms behind her back, and marching her across the beach and into the jungle. To me. “Where is she now?” I ask Kacee. She’s brought me the news during my morning walk on the highest terrace; the only space that pierces the rainforest’s emergent layer. The children sit with their nanny on the glass floor, watching th...

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