Amelie Bennett

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“With No Heart in his Chest” by Amelie Bennett

Submitted to Contest #44

“Orpheus,” she breathed. “It’s me.”And he was alone.Orpheus was a boy in love, who had never had to learn to be a man without someone else holding his heart. So when he lost his wife, he asked the gods to take him, too. They refused. He yanked on the door to the River Styx, and Charon flung him back out. He plunged a knife into his chest. He could not die. And, as he was to learn, it is very hard to learn to live with no heart in your chest. So here is what he did instead:The morning after he lost his wife, Orpheus took his lyre to King Hade...

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