CREATIVE WRITING
a technicolour 23
PHOTOGRAPH BY ELISAVETA SAMODUROVA
BY JENNIFER AHNTHY PHAM
beginning
Prologue
”I need a coin,” you say, your voice suddenly carrying the authoritative undertone that it has always lacked. She raises an eyebrow at you. “It’s the least you 23
can give me,” you insist stubbornly, and she sighs, a soft, indulgent exhale, and manages to dig out a grimy coin from the pocket of her shorts. “Here goes,” you say, before flipping it in the
air, watching it fall to the ground with the sound of finality. This is where your new life ends, where your world begins to lose something resembling colour.