E.M. Downey

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“The Human Battery” by E.M. Downey

Submitted to Contest #104

Finally, I thought as I pushed open the front door. My fingers found the light switch, and I breathed a sigh as I crossed the worn threshold. Home. Behind me, I could feel my roommate, Amber, seething like a caged thunderstorm. I might be free from the party, but not from her. Never from her. "I'm sorry," I repeated for what had to be the hundredth time that night. My stomach began to unravel fr...

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Aspiring author. Young 20-something that would rather be on a mountain top somewhere or stuffed between the pages of a well-loved book.