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Submitted to Contest #303
(CW: Child abandonment + endangerment, minor violence.) I’m doing the right thing, Mirielle tells herself, as she stirs the children’s soup. Beef stock and red wine have darkened the mixture to a rich, oily golden color, bobbing with unevenly chopped pieces of celery, carrot, cabbage. Two whole, dried bay leaves drift on top, swirling with each stroke of her ladle. No one could judge me. No sane person, no mother. Yes. I am doing the right thing. The thought seeks to comfort her, the weighted fishing line that keeps her tethered to the bowe...
Winner of Contest #221 🏆
The worst part about being an amateur necromancer is that no one respects you, not even the dead. My older brother, Joseph, is practically crying over the phone, struggling to speak through great gasps of heaving, wheezing laughter. After way too many seconds of this, he finally manages to choke out, “Really? Goddamn—Mountain Dew?” Irritated, I switch the phone to my other ear, tipping my head awkwardly to pin it in place while I free up my hands for my shovel. “It was the only drink left on clearance.” Joseph makes a thin, stifled little...
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