Sky and Greatness
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  • Reads 6
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  • Parts 1
  • Time 8m
Ongoing, First published May 22, 2015
A lizard trapped in the monotony of his life encounters strange food that grants him a gift greater than he dared hope for.

The story experiments with narrative voice growth over a short period, starting simple and building up to an in-depth account of the narrator's new experiences. Along with it, a fabel-esque message meant not to discourage effort or growth, but to acknowledge that there are limits to what we can achieve.

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Written for the Writing Challenge Contest on FictionPress's forum  The Review Game.  The prompt:

"The other day I was playing Scrabble. I saw that I could close the space in D-E- -Y. I had an N and an F. Which do you think I chose? What was the word I made?" - from Tumble Home by Amy Hempel
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