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Submitted to Contest #260
“There’s a monster in the house Mamma,” Daisy rubbed her bleary eyes as she shuffled into the living room, where her Mother sat with a cup of tea. The Mother opened her arms as the little girl crawled into her lap. The radio hummed quietly in the background and a soft glow from a lamp warmed the room.“Don’t be silly darling,” the Mother soothed, smoothing Daisy’s long, brown braided hair. “Daddy wouldn’t let any monsters inside, would he?” Daisy frowned.“But Daddy’s been sick for an awfully long time. How can he fight the monsters if he’s si...
Submitted to Contest #255
“Am I-?” Ellie couldn’t bear to finish the horrible thought that was digging its talons into her mind, let alone say it out loud. “Yes.” The ethereal woman laid a sympathetic and supportive hand on her shoulder. Ellie found it difficult to look at her. The woman glowed with an otherworldly light, her pale skin seeming to shimmer with stars. Ellie swore she saw the big dipper dancing on the woman’s right cheek. Her hair flared white and blue, like the hottest of fires, as it billowed around her. Ellie wasn’t sure why the strange woman’s...
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