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Greg Lemon's avatar

Fascinating premise and piece, especially the final act. The ledger of slumber, proof of being, proof of love, all portrayed through a mysterious tale of futurist archeology. I really like this one.

Minna's avatar

Thank you, Greg, for your kind words and insightful analysis! So glad you enjoyed this story.

Parker McCoy's avatar

Two strangers speaking to each other? Now, that's pretty far-fetched. A talking sarcophagus would be more plausible. Oh, wait. Haha. Cool post, Minna. I enjoyed each of them.

Minna's avatar

Heh, glad you enjoyed the story!

Mildred Locke's avatar

"They kissed and the universe opened up."

That line really jumped out at me, it's beautiful and captures that dizzying feeling of falling in love that many of us crave.

I really enjoyed this, I loved the structure and the way it's told in vignettes.

Minna's avatar

Thank you, Mildred, for your kind words! I appreciate that you took time to read my story and that it resonated with you.

It is based on a very vivid dream that I recently had. And I’m glad that the falling in love moment seemed to shine through. It is, of course, always impossible to recreate dreams in words. But I tried to bring back some of the atmosphere. When I understood the male character at the end, I decided to write the story in segments using a library catalogue system.