William
William shows how realism balances and heightens speculative fiction.
Emily watched her brother do donuts around the empty carpark; watched the smoke rise from the tyres and the screeching sound envelop the carpark. She coughed at the smell of burning tyres and wished her brother would not be so reckless. The car raced up and down, its red colour flashing in the gaze of the sun, bright this day and blazing.
A lady walking into the carpark spotted the boys in their car and shouted at them. Emily watched her two brothers turn their heads to spot her and close their eyes as the sun reflected off her watch. The car swerved and smashed into the pole, breaking it apart.
Emily eyed the back seat where she herself sat, as a baby deformed by the accident; deformed and dead. Baby Emily was dead and her ghost had the dark of surprise, watching how her young life ended.
The ghost of Emily sat as an ambulance arrived at the scene and gave verdicts on the health of the three passengers and announced her death. Her brother Daniel would soon pass, the paramedic said and there was nothing they could do, while another proclaimed Jack, the driver, would make it.
Emily was joined by Daniel. He apologised to his infant sister who was too young to understand. She turned to him and smiled. Too devastated to see her smashed, bleeding face he turned away and crumbled to the ground, his ghost in torment.
William C
A lady walking into the carpark spotted the boys in their car and shouted at them. Emily watched her two brothers turn their heads to spot her and close their eyes as the sun reflected off her watch. The car swerved and smashed into the pole, breaking it apart.
Emily eyed the back seat where she herself sat, as a baby deformed by the accident; deformed and dead. Baby Emily was dead and her ghost had the dark of surprise, watching how her young life ended.
The ghost of Emily sat as an ambulance arrived at the scene and gave verdicts on the health of the three passengers and announced her death. Her brother Daniel would soon pass, the paramedic said and there was nothing they could do, while another proclaimed Jack, the driver, would make it.
Emily was joined by Daniel. He apologised to his infant sister who was too young to understand. She turned to him and smiled. Too devastated to see her smashed, bleeding face he turned away and crumbled to the ground, his ghost in torment.
William C
