The body

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A whale swimming upwards towards the top left corner of the screen

The LORD prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah,
and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

– Jonah 1:17 

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Sarah Kanake

Sarah Kanake teaches creative and professional writing at QUT. Her short fiction has been published in The Southerly, Kill Your Darlings, Award Winning Australian Writing and The...

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