- Post of the Week #37
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Learning to sleep with the light off - The morning of her making
She dresses in silence. Carefully slipping each moisturised leg into a thick black stocking, she pulls the neatly arranged navy dress over her head. The hair dryer buzzes and blows her brown hair and she is briefly thankful for the noise to muffle the internal dialogue. One, two, three strokes and she puts the brush down. 5:15
This post was nominated by Kate.
Our judges said:
“Left me wanting to know what happened next…”
“At first I thought she was leaving and this is what I liked about the post; half way through, it turned it around. The anticipation, the doubt, the excitement is vivid and I love the way it all melts away at the end. Really heartfelt. What happens next? I love posts that make me want to know that. ”
“I thought this was a little too self-consciously literary in parts (and occasionally the tense is confused), but in general I was drawn into the protagonist’s thoughts and found myself wondering about her broadercircumstances. A potentially mundane early-morning taxi journey to the airport becomes a compelling and almost epic story.”
“Hope it all worked out for her.”
“beautiful writing”
Your shortlister this week was Timbo, and the gathering of judges were Lyle, Peter, MisssyM, yours truly (Sarah), and last week’s winner, Hydragenic.
Thanks to everyone for taking part and congratulations to the winner.
Your nominations for #38 please…
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