Rachael Asikpo

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“Life Drone” by Rachael Asikpo

Submitted to Contest #161

I was wide awake in bed, heavy with exhaustion but unable to slip away. The wailing kept me awake. A sound so broken and hollow, like a woman in excruciating pain, like someone seeking an end, like someone ravaged and tired. It was the sound of my Dad dying. Every day, he died a little more. The cancer ate him away from the inside and all his children had to watch him wither away on the outside. I would get out of bed and linger in the corridor, listening to my mum trying to comfort him with words, knowing fully well that my older sib...

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If you can keep writing, you'll learn a little more about yourself everyday. Scifi & Fantasy Lover: reader and writer. Weeb. A bit of a Gamer. Helps people write their stories. Ghostwriter, Scriptwriter. Website: Rachaelasik.com Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachael-asikpo-841317155 Author of an anthology: https://okadabooks.com/book/about/a_long_night_an_anthology/21287