Zachary Thomas

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“Drought” by Zachary Thomas

Submitted to Contest #233

The Earth was visibly barren, its skin cracked and burnt by the unyielding sun. The vast inland river, that brought life and prosperity to the valley, was powdery and crumbling. It’s throat was parched, its banks collapsing without the grass to hold it tight. A rustle and occasional scurried sound betrayed the assumption that the land was dead, but Her womb had certainly run dry. In the distance, a broken figure, bowed not just by the years but also by despair. A memory glints in his eye when viewing the river bank, a memory of yestermonth f...

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Software Engineer from Brisbane, Australia. Absent much writing talent, but enjoys the mental exercise. Goes through spurts of writing quite a lot in a very short period of time, to writing very little over quite a long period of time.