Afterlife Whispers
by Bhavana Kulkarni Shortlisted: PureTravel Writing Competition 2025 Stories For Survival The Day I Didn’t Wake Up I died on a Tuesday. It wasn’t glamorous. I didn’t save anyone. There…
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A Postcard from the Past
by Jules Green Shortlisted for the PureTravel Writing Competition 2025 Stories For Survival Imagine experiencing a moment so powerful that it shapes your life, and yet you do not know…
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One Wild Impulse
by Nicola Shearer Shortlisted for the 2025 PureTravel Writing Competition Stories For Survival The dank morning air prickled my skin as I left my house, weighed down under an oversized…
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Tiananmen Square: The Last Days of Spring
Arriving in Beijing in late spring 1989, I expected bureaucracy and delay. Instead, I found myself inside a city holding its breath. What began as a pause in my travels…
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Timbuktu: Allez-Retour
I gazed enviously at a taxi-bus as it screamed by on a narrow twist in the road. A hot breeze gushed through its open windows, caressing the passengers. Even the…
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The Unfinished Note: Kraków and the Weight of Memory
The firemen of Kraków have an unusual responsibility. Alongside their day jobs, they are custodians of a ritual that has echoed across the city for more than six centuries. Every…
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Pursuit of Self
by Tenise McCoy Shortlisted in the 2026 PureTravel Writing Competition Stories For Survival I was losing myself in ways I never realized were possible, to the point where even showering…
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The Day the Ice Saved Me: A Turning Point in Antarctica
by Renata Bernado Shortlisted in the 2026 PureTravel Writing Competition Stories for Survival Antarctica is not a place for humans. It is a kingdom of piercing silence, where the wind…
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Life and Death in the Himalaya
I have a photo in my house, grainy and faded after many years of sitting in its wooden frame in an overlooked corner of the living room. Its of me…
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When the Sky Turned Blue Again. A Turning Point in the Pantanal
by Sheila Train Shortlisted in the 2026 PureTravel Writing Competition Stories For Survival There are journeys that reshape the way you see the world. Twenty years ago, I traveled deep…
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