Tag: writing prompt
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RECLAMATION
The water rolled in. She could see nothing on the horizon, just the deep blue water. This was it – the last small remaining piece of land was slowly being swallowed. The ships were ready to launch, floating cities that they hoped would sustain them. For how long, no one could guess. The hope was…
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RECOMPENSE
Every year, on the same day, another one appeared: a black dahlia. She had almost run out of space to put them around her villa. Each year the perennials re-sprouted, a forest of dark bloomage that shrouded her white walls. The shadow they cast she could not escape. The blackness in her heart was embodied…
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YEARNING
The app told him that she had seen the message. He stared at the screen but nothing happened. He could see that she was online. Why wasn’t she replying? Now he felt like an idiot. He should never have sent her the message in the first place. What would he say next time he saw…
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AXING THE SHOW
It was all too much: those young bronzed bodies, those small swimsuits. He just had to get closer. The overhanging tree under which they sought shade provided his opportunity. He slowly shimmied up until he was almost directly above them. Just as he was beginning to admire the view his mobile phone vibrated in his…
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TRANSITION OF POWER
The transition from elected government to populist dictatorship had not been an easy one. Trying to convince people that they were moving from the dark ages of democracy to the enlightenment of an autocratic supreme ruler was a hard sell. The fact that the elected government he was replacing had been so ineffectual and weak…
Iain Kelly 