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Most recently published stories in Earth.
Ingesting
You, for whatever reason, suddenly looked less than the horizon to me. On a normal night, the lack of jagged, saw-toothed pine roping across my eye’s limit was jarring. For months, I instead saw a depressing horizon as a flat line––a charcoal blue, an endless territory, a subject matter that did not interest me in the least. It was a horizon that swallowed the sun unilaterally, equidistantly, identically every late evening. And that collection of dying orange would leave me all the same, every time, every day, every repeating instance that I was not quite ready for it to leave me.
By Calvin Spears5 years ago in Earth
Late Afternoons
She leaves the house at two thirty, as she does every weekday. It’s a sunny spring day with barely any breeze off the ocean, ideal fishing weather. Roy left at sunrise and will not dock his cuddy until just before the sun dips back into the sea, as satisfied with his day’s catch as the sun will be with the yellow and orange brushstrokes it leaves lingering in the sky, silhouetting grey clouds as darkness settles. She has plenty of time before meeting him in the harbour.
By L J Purves5 years ago in Earth
By the Sea
Simone glared at her date with annoyance. “ You do realize you're at the beach, right?” Caleb took a long swallow from the insulated can in his hand. He immediately looked back to his laptop before replying: “Working at the beach is the best of both worlds! You should have brought a book with you, Simone. There's an entire genre designed around that activity. You’ve heard of beach reads, right?”
By Eileen Kos5 years ago in Earth
Save the Ocean
David Attenborough states on his Netflix documentary “A Life On Our Planet”, “The living world is a unique and spectacular marvel, yet the way we humans live on earth, is sending it into a decline- human beings have overrun the world”. With a current world population of 7.8 billion people- it’s no secret that humans benefit (and continue to benefit) from destroying entire ecosystems. Our carbon footprint is as high as it’s ever been, sitting at 415ppm; warming our planet at such an alarming rate, that the damage will have unforgivable consequences. With our oceans covering 71% of the planet- one might think that it’s vast enough to endure cruel human treatment; but in 1998, film directors of “Planet Ocean” noticed the bleaching and death of entire coral reefs- and soon realized that the rise in global temperatures is being absorbed by the ocean, and that the ocean is dying.
By Kennedy Brown5 years ago in Earth
Into The Blue
Cold salty waves crashed against the rocks. His green eyes were sensitive to the setting sun as he watched his favorite ship and sailor sail into the open waters as a storm brewed on the horizon. She knew better, his thoughts wandered as he watched, climbing the stairs of the lighthouse.
By Misha Alsleben5 years ago in Earth
A Grand Old Dame
A single ship on the horizon? Nay, I would claim many thousands and be so bold as to claim that an even greater number of the souls aboard ships, boats, yachts, schooners, canoes, kayaks and all manner of water craft have lived because of me. You may consider that an arrogant statement voiced in the vernacular of earlier times, and you would be correct on both counts.
By Katy Doran-McNamara5 years ago in Earth
Nature By The Rail Trail
As a very young girl, raised right beside the trails. I was captivated by the whistle of the train. Never having to look at a clock or watch, the whistle blew on the hour. It was wonderful to know when your meals were ready and what time you had to be indoors.
By Cathy Deslippe5 years ago in Earth
Water Flashed Before My Eyes
I was told that at the moment of death I would see my life flash before my eyes. Stumbling through the desert that day, I expected to soon see everybody that I had ever loved, or a moment from my childhood. However, I instead saw nothing but water, the only antivenom to my terminal dehydration. Death seems to bring the victim what they most desire, with that often being more time – hence the lifetime of memories flooding in. I only wanted water.
By Alfie Saunders5 years ago in Earth
Can we fix climate change?
On St. Patrick's Day I went with my father to have dinner. We saw one of my father's friends at the restaurant and one of the topics we had was about climate change. He was saying that electric cars are worse than gas cars, and that we can't fix climate change so we might as well just give up (I'm paraphrasing). I was shocked! Why give up? That to me is cowardice. What are we supposed to do, give up and not even try? Tell our kids, grand kids and great grandkids "sorry we fucked things up, tough luck for you?" Or should we try and heal this planet?
By Robert Kegel5 years ago in Earth
