First Lines Contest 2019: The Roswell Discrepancy

I thought I’d run far enough and long enough. My sister Ciara knew I had good reason to leave home. And when four years at the University of Cardiff wasn’t far enough away, I crossed international datelines studying mixed martial arts from whatever master pushed me the hardest - first in America and then China, to study with monks at a Shaolin Temple.

I thought I’d run far enough and long enough. My sister Ciara knew I had good reason to leave home. And when four years at the University of Cardiff wasn’t far enough away, I crossed international datelines studying mixed martial arts from whatever master pushed me the hardest - first in America and then China, to study with monks at a Shaolin Temple.