Tag: madness
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DICTATOR
He felt old. He felt tired. Forty years leading his people, the Father of the Nation. Now they wanted rid of him. How could they be so ungrateful? He freed them from oppression. Didn’t they remember? Resign, they cried. Perhaps he should. Father Time was catching up with him. The clock ticked relentlessly. No. There was…
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PERPETUAL DAYLIGHT
The sun touched the horizon at midnight. As low as it would go for another month. Aboard the Royal Navy brig Fancy, Percy lay awake in his hammock. Even below deck sunlight seeped in. Thomas snored next to him. Percy turned away from him. Another night without sleep. He was exhausted. They had been at anchor blockading…
Iain Kelly 