Tag: Short Story
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To the end of the world
Many years ago, the Earth was flat. She was slim, and floated in a vast ocean. A large mountain marked the centre of the Earth, which was many miles high. Around the mountain, there were four continents, Europe, Asia, Africa, and a fourth one, which at the time hadn’t been discovered by anybody from the…
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Wine
The red wine was warm, sweet and sickly. Not to his taste at all, although he pretended to enjoy it. He smiled at his companion after taking another sip. He liked this part of the chase; the teasing. He knew he would be quenching his real thirst very shortly. This is my first attempt at…
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Strange Things
Jean cautiously approached Athena, who was cradling the baby tenderly. “Could I have my child back, please?” Jean didn’t mean to sound as abrupt as she did. Athena stood, and reluctantly handed the gurgling bundle over. “He’s a lovely baby.” Athena said, “Maybe I was wrong about him.” Jean was confused. How could anyone be…
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Swim
A post for Illustration Friday. The theme for this week is Swim… although I’ve gone for the option of illustrating the swimmer, rather than the word swim. Slight difference, but in the same area. Water! In a not too strange land, not too far away, there is a species of humans who live in the…
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The Reason
You may have noticed that for the last week or so, I’ve been posting the occasional one-hundred word post, which kind of tell a tale of sorts. This post is slightly longer than a hundred words (actually, it’s considerably longer); and you may have read one or two posts that were shorter or longer by a…