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Across Lives Part 20
(Photo by Tristan Pokornyi) Nis tried to escape, to break free from whoever it was that had attacked her. The sack over her head, however, was cinched shut around her neck and strong hands forced Nis’ hands behind her back. Try as she might, Nis was powerless to stop her assailant from tying her wrists,…
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Across Lives 19
(Photo by Ankush Rathi) Night fell on their first day of rafting. Nis and Meric dropped their anchor into the water and felt the tug as it caught and held them in place. Nis had steered them close enough to the bank that they were able to tie a few ropes from the raft to…
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Across Lives Part 18
(Photo by Sindre Strøm) Gray light filtered down through the shelter Nis had built the night before. It was still very early in the morning and well before sunrise but Nis was wide awake. Songbirds were in the trees calling to one another and for a while Nis was content to just lie there and…
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Across Lives Part 17
(Photo by Nafan Faizal) Patience was not as wide or as swift as Fools Fall. The banks of the river were thick with tall grasses, willowy trees, and driftwood that lay concealed among the plants, all of which made for good materials to use in constructing a raft. From what Nis could remember, Mel would…
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Across Lives Part 16
(Photo by Pixabay) Fools Fall was bitter cold when Nis stepped into it. Both she and Meric hesitated after every step, gasping as they fought to control themselves so as not to make more noise than was necessary. The night was still young and they were hoping to make it all the way to Patience…
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Across Lives Part 15
(Photo by Didarul Islam) The two trackers made camp with practiced speed, unrolling what appeared to sheets of canvas that they tied and staked in place, using tree limbs for the higher anchor points. Neither of them spoke while they worked, clearly having done this enough times that they knew what the other would need…
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Across Lives Part 14
(Photo by Francesco Ungaro) Nis was pretty sure that she was being followed. Of the three days that she’d been hiking across the mountains, twice she’d seen what looked like campfire smoke. It was hard to tell for certain since it was only in the evenings when it was still too light out to see…
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Across Lives Part 13
(Photo by Todd Trapani) There was no sleep for Nis that night. All she could think about was getting as far away from that place as quickly as possible. She’d almost left the baskets and the fish she’d caught but had enough sense not to abandon such valuable things. With the moon fully risen into…
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Across Lives Part 12
(Photo by Sanndy Anghan) It was dusk when Nis finally completed her basket. She’d learned a lot from this first real attempt, having needed to go back and undo sections from time to time as she would recognize mistakes or remember steps she’d missed. Skav, to Nis’ great surprise, never complained about these corrections. He…
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Across Lives Part 11
(Photo by Paul Knut) Each morning was a bit easier than the one before it. As Nis sat on a log and wrote down the previous night’s dream about Mel and Tique she marveled at how they had survived their fall. Nis also wondered how much longer they could have survived with such injuries. Her…
Bridge of Broken Glass
Stories from my mind that won't be quiet
Bridge of Broken Glass 