I read in the NSW Writers' Centre weekly bulletin that the Adelaide Review has a short story competition that closes next week. The judges are Brian Castro, J M Coetzee and Gail Jones. So how much is that beyond the twilight zone? I started to write this morning and was more or less finished by the end of the day. The word limit is 2,500. I just squeezed under it. The story is called Windows. I'll let it sit for a couple of days, edit it and submit the final version next week. Here's how it starts:
Every morning, about three minutes past eight, one of those double-decked, super-sized Airbus jets passes before my eyes for a few seconds. Climbing from right to left across the bedroom window, it reminds me of the world beyond. There are people. One is not alone. I am not Legend.
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