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    Library of emotions

    Feb 04, 2021 6 minutes
    by Karmen Špiljak

    WINNER £200

    Karmen Spiljak is a Slovenian-Belgian writer with a passion for stories that say something about the world. This is her first competition win.

    Her life revolves around understanding people who exist only on pages.

    She currently lives in São Paulo with her husband and two cats. You can read more of her writing on www.karmens.net

    The last puddles of black rain evaporate into the tattered clouds. The instant I get out of my transport capsule, the humidity hits me like a wet cloth that sticks to the skin.

    I put on my shades and tug the rim of my hood. The white sand reflects sunlight like a mirror and I don’t want to start my day with a blinding headache. Not today.

    The library of emotions is half an hour’s walk through the dunes. It’s not so much the distance as the effort needed to plod through the sand that wears you down in the end.

    For once, I want to

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