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A Note for the Future
I often wonder what our descendants will think of us. How they will look back and struggle to understand how a civilisation with all the tools and knowledge still managed to fail so many people. How, with everything we need within reach, we chose comfort over courage and distraction over responsibility.
By Rosie J. Sargent18 days ago in Humans
I'd Rather Have a Kiss than an Arrow
If you've been following me for a while, you know it's my niche to ask questions about why things are the way they are—whether it's what the ancients thought of the Aurora Borealis or why we knock on wood when we say uncertain things.
By Rosie J. Sargent2 months ago in FYI
Memory in the Metronome
The therapist's room was just as you'd expect it. An oak desk scattered with pens, paper, and paperweights. Windows abandoned by the daylight. Amber lamps and weak bulbs conjured shadows upon strange paintings that invoked nothing. An hourglass failed to create ambience against the noise of sirens and horns.
By Rosie J. Sargent6 months ago in Fiction
