The Race

In 2011 I was really into writing flash fiction. I submitted a few of these very short stories to online publishing sites, and some of them even got accepted and published! Here is one that came about because of my love of the TV reality series Survivor, and an idea I got many years before: a landscape that changed with the rising and setting of the sun. The late Weirdyear flash fiction site posted this story on June 24th of that year. Since they are now deceased, I am taking the liberty of publishing it here. I mean, I don't want it lost to posterity or anything like that! ;-) The Raceby Rusty Keele I savored the chill of the pre-dawn air as I stood with the others anxiously awaiting the sunrise. Our group of sixteen contestants was in the center of the ship surrounded by our host and the crew. The cameras were rolling while Mitch was making his overly dramatic speech to the viewers. "One lucky winner will be showered with gold while fifteen others will be lucky just to keep their…

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