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Submitted to Contest #64
Mirrors By: Aprill Jones It was a dark, rainy Saturday when I got word that my uncle Richard had passed. We were fairly estranged, my mother and father did not talk to him but twice a year, on Christmas and his birthday. He was not a bad man whatsoever, from my few interactions with him he was actually incredibly kind and funny. My parents just said that he was a hoarder and refused to leave his home, but somewhere in my subconscious, I understood. He had a...
Submitted to Contest #63
The Sanctuary By: Aprill Jones By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire, and so was Saint John’s Mental Health Sanctuary behind me. The heat was burning and melting the plastic knife I had in my hand, I was completely numb until I felt its wax-like frame melting into my hands. I tried hopping over the charring leaves, trying to save my bare feet from the same fate I could not save my hands from just seconds ago, but that was not working. The ground beneath me was already so hot, I decided to just make a break for it, running...
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