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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020
The eyes of my dead dog stared into mine. I didn't react though. I hovered on top of the dead creature, staring back with all my strength, as if I were playing a game with him. I didn't stop staring until my mother came home, screaming at the sight of the dog. She ran towards me and her hands clung onto my shoulders, shielding my eyes away from the sight of the dog. Her tears fell onto my cheeks, and I sat there, cradled in her arms. The words that came out of her that day still linger in my head. "It's going to be okay! Ralphie's in a bette...
The pale and bland color of the ceiling looked down at me, chipped pieces of it falling onto my body. It felt as if even the ceiling was mocking me, whispering words burning with ridicule into my ears. I looked around my dark room and out the window, deciding to go on a walk. I sighed and slowly got up off the floor, looking at the newly formed lines on my hands that were caused by the rough texture of the carpet. I trudged out of the house and felt water droplets fall on my hair. Rain. My eyes selfishly clung onto the outlines of two f...
Submitted to Contest #76
The boy waits at the bus stop, checking his watch every two seconds, a part of him chipping away everytime a minute passes. He kicks at a little stone, smirking at how helpless it is, how it cannot run away, having no choice but to endure his painful kicks. He messes around with it a bit more, and finally, out of boredom, he crushes it with the heel of his shoe. More minutes pass. This time, the boy stomps on the already broken pieces of rock. Not because of boredom, but because of anger. He stomps and stomps until they are nothing but grain...
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