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Some Birds of a Feather…
By Carolyn Davenport, 1,000 words. “Every goodbye ain’t gone,” at least that’s what Ellery’s mother, Alma, used to say when she was a little girl. She was referring to her belief that the soul lived on, long after burial. Alma had an interesting way of speaking. A lot of it could be attributed to growing [...]
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By Diane E. Nelson 500 words Eyes closed, cruising on the treadmill next to the track, working up a sweat. “You’re new here, aren’t you?” I turned and smiled. He continued, “I’ve been coming here for eleven years. I’m Charles …” “Hi, Charles, nice to meet you. I’m Suanne.” Attila, my trainer, strolled up to [...]
Full StoryParty Raid
By Phil Van Wulven, 1,500 words The men drifted with the current towards the Gunthu sentry. Jamson and the other three were on their first raid, so they did as they were told, and watched and listened as Fieron closed in on the dark figure outlined against the stars. Fieron was creeping overland to take [...]
Full StoryA Sea Passage
By Phil Van Wulven, 2,100 words In the fast fading light, Jamie trained his eyes on the western horizon, hoping desperately to catch some glimpse of the coast. There was a heavy bank of low clouds in that direction, and they’d been visited by gulls earlier in the afternoon. Didn’t gulls stay close to shore? [...]
Full StoryFinding The Eland
By Phil Van Wulven 2,500 words Flames and black smoke covered the upper slopes over Fishhoek. After it had burnt for three days across the wild mountain, the fire had now come perilously close to the houses across a wide front. The fire engine had been there since the evening before, and this morning most [...]
Full StorySunbird
By Phil Van Wuvlen 1,300 words They went up the mountain in the morning, when bright sun sparkled on the dewy twigs, the leaf tips and spider webs, and mist rose from the grass and rested in the hollows. They were three together, barefoot boys. They slipped through the seaside bungalows and white fenced gardens [...]
Full StoryIn The Valley – Part 1
By Phil Van Wulven 10,000 words Herds of buffalo, zebra, and impala had trodden a wide swathe into dust as they made their daily pilgrimage to the pool below the camp. This clear way glowed in the light of the half moon, bright against the darker background of fallen leaves and thoroughly grazed grass, and [...]
Full StoryIn The Valley – Part 2
“Me a low-life, when I got the damn guns! Without me you’d be sweating in the fields still. Me, I showed you a way to be rich. Me and Ndinga, we began this, we got meat first, we bought the guns, and showed you how to use them.” Gosnaat turned to pick up his load. [...]
Full StoryIn The Valley – Part 3
Jameson Piri watched the poachers in the clearing. He peered between two trees on top of a very big overgrown anthill, careful to stay hidden. Sweat trickled down and stung his eyes. He lowered the binoculars and wiped his forehead with the back of his hand, then fingered his trim moustache, sweeping the stiff hairs [...]
Full StoryIn The Valley – Part 5
By the time the group who’d gone to the poachers’ camp came back Rich and Adam and several Rangers had moved to sit around the fire pit, just beside the mess shelter, where they could grill meat, see the stars come out, and get the benefit of the insect repelling smoke. The District Commissioner had [...]
Full StoryIn The Valley – Part 4
“Even though we’ve seen something like this three times already this month, it still gets to you, doesn’t it?” said Rich, as he stood back to take shots of the whole area. ….. Unlock for 6 fraxions(about 6 cents)Login to a Fraxion Payments account to unlock this article Login to fraxion paymentsForgot password? Not using [...]
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