a very short story about solar eclipses and superpowers

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After the Eclipse

a very short story about solar eclipses and superpowers



The Eclipse Didn’t give me powers, but I started seeing new colours and hearing frequencies I couldn't before.

I could hear the silence of birds gone still in the sudden dark.

I could see the colour of sunlight snapped by the sweep of the moon.

And even now I can see the outlines of all the silent and invisible things we forget until we stand in the shadow of the impossible.

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Short story written by Peter Chiykowski

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Story prompt taken from a photo by Bryan Minear

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