Newcastle Herald short story competition 2022: Penny O'Shea writes 'Commemoration'

By Penny O'Shea
Updated January 12 2022 - 1:13pm, first published 10:00am
FICTION FINALIST: The author took inspiration from this Max Mason-Hubers photo
FICTION FINALIST: The author took inspiration from this Max Mason-Hubers photo

Charlotte Parkinson stared straight ahead, her vision narrowing until she had fixed her gaze on a spot on the horizon. It felt like when, as a child, she had looked through binoculars or a viewfinder toy and it had taken a while to focus, to have her brain catch up with what her eyes were seeing. Now, as she focused on the horizon, the reality was she wasn't seeing anything. She was unseeing . . . or trying to.

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