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Here is something interesting I participated in this month:
“Same Walk, Different Shoes” is a Substack community writing project that Ben Wakeman organized as a practical exercise in empathy. The premise is simple. A group of writers anonymously contribute a personal story of an experience that changed their life. Each participating writer is randomly assigned one of these story prompts to turn into a short story. The story you are about to read is one from this collection. You can find all the stories from the participating writers at Catch & Release. Enjoy the walk with us.
“In the morning I could see my pale breath, and when I unzipped the front flap of my tent I watched it mingle with the same elemental mist outside. As the sun rose further the vapor retreated to the valley below me, floating just above the treetops. In the distance a painter had carefully curated the hills in shades of grey and blue, stacking them from the green of the forest floor to ever lightening shades until the last layer disappeared within the sky. Ripples of light moved into my consciousness, and I remembered watching the last tendrils of sunset linger on the water below the night before. Now in reverse, the growing daylight revealed the shape of the river as it wound through the valley below me, meandering around small juttings of green inlets and islands…”
Click link above or here to read my whole story, Gap. all the stories