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Submitted to Contest #325
Content Warning: This story contains references to childhood trauma, sexual abuse, and death. Liam lay flat on the dusty floor, his ear pressed tight to better hear underneath. At first, he thought it was his mom down the hall in the kitchen - packing plates and bowls into boxes - but then, it grew more insistent.Urgent.It started at the bedroom wall.Knock.Knock.Knock.Liam frowned at the wall, pausing his game. He strained his ears to listen. Mama said last night it was the pipes… That the house must’ve been lonely and glad someone’s back!Kn...
Submitted to Contest #324
I. The river sighed beneath her touch, light rippling outward until it gathered at the feet of the man in black.Her heart stuttered, as it always did when he came.The bond between them defied reason. She couldn’t recall when it began, only that life before him felt distant, half-forgotten, as if he had breathed her into being… …as if he had called her from the dark.Sapphira stepped forward, her blush gown trailing through the silver water, lace drinking the glow. An off-white veil fell from the braided crown of her red-gold hair, jeweled and...
Submitted to Contest #321
My whole life I dreamed of her.I dreamed of watching her head off to school for the first time. The sparkly dresses for formals and prom. I dreamed of the boy who would break her heart, and the one who would finally set her free. I saw the lace wedding gown embroidered with flowers, and the veil as it was pushed back from her face. And her smile?It would send my heart into a flutter how beautifully radiant she was.My whole life I yearned to hold her. To smell that fresh baby smell, to run my fingers through her butter-soft hair. I tracked ev...
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