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Submitted to Contest #68
“One night, a long time ago, I saw something. Something I’ve never admitted to anybody before. My parents were fighting in their room. Screaming. I sat on the stairwell, watching them from the shadows. I remember hearing his hand striking my mother across the face. It was a blow so intense, it knocked her back off her feet. When she stood, she rushed him. The next part is all so blurry. The next thing I knew, my father was lying on the floor, gurgling and sputtering, as my mother stood over him. After that, I ran to my room. I didn’t want he...
Submitted to Contest #67
A slight buzzing in Alice’s ear woke her from a daze. She swatted her ear and struck the fly out of the air. Dark clouds with bright flashes of lighting danced towards her from across the bay. Alice chuckled to herself. She had never met anyone else who moved to Seattle for the weather. Being amongst the swaying trees and clashes of thunder calmed her, though. Something about the Earth shaking so fiercely, yet everything springing to life after reassured Alice.  Large round droplets of rain began to fall on her bare feet. Alic...
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