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JOHN YOUNG: As If…

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“I’m really, truly sorry,” Blake said, gesturing and screwing up his eyes, as if in pain, as if to show the depth of his regret.

Quite good acting, Ann thought.

“You do believe me?” he asked earnestly.

Smiling, she turned and walked away. As if I could be so stupid.

John Young is an old chap grappling with themes of limits, longings, and finitude. He likes spooky stuff and lives in St Andrews, Scotland, an ancient town with an ancient university, home of golf, and home also – allegedly – of many ghosts. (He has not met any yet.)

CLARISSE de JESUS: Death of an Atheist

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My father struggled for air, his heart crushing the life from him. In the gloom, he was utterly alone.

I came to his bedside momentarily, whispered prayers for his soul. His breathing slowed down, calmed.

He closed his eyes. An unearthly voice spoke in his ear. And finally, he believed.

Clarisse de Jesus is the daughter of an author of a book on atheism. Follow the musings of her meandering mind at autumnleavesnowfalls.wordpress.com.