Rachel Brown

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“Fire and Flame” by Rachel Brown

Submitted to Contest #286

I understand now why they describe something as being ‘engulfed’ in flame. There is very little in this life that can completely ‘engulf’. Fire and flame, they completely engulf. Nature, homes, lives, history, memories, all engulfed in flames. We weren’t close enough to feel the heat. We just stood on the patio and watched the orange blaze carve its way down the hillside, consuming all in its path. Our road, car, roof, all so covered in ash that we could no longer distinguish it in the air. The most terrifying part was the noise. I was never...

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What stays in your head is just a thought. What you put on paper becomes a story. A reader from England seeing what it's like to write in Canada.