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Into a Different Dark
A fiction story about the ocean, wild women, and magical transformation
What would it be like to be embraced by the ocean? To feel its depth, to taste its salt, to meet the creatures that live inside the kelp forests? Could she become part of this wilderness? Would her internal wild woman emerge? How would that feel?
Lisa often wonders.
She’s sitting on her comfortable couch, a plaid over her legs, a mug of tea in her hand. Not a very exciting thing to do for a thirty-year-old on a Saturday night. But well. She cannot be bothered to go out tonight. Not after yesterday’s big fight with Robert.
They had reconciled afterward, as usual, but still, something has been broken yesterday. She cannot name it yet, but she needs time to ponder. And she definitely doesn’t want to meet him in a crowded pub, blinded by too much alcohol.
She flips the TV-channels, waiting for… Well, waiting for what? Something to inspire her, perhaps. Her mind drifts to the ocean. Holidaying at the Cape got her juices flowing.
The feeling of being on that boat, knowing there was a whole world of wonder beneath her, left her stunned. She had never thought of the ocean as a living being, but on that boat, she had definitely felt…
