Brandon D'Availa

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“Skyline” by Brandon D'Availa

Submitted to Contest #240

One would think you’d get used to the existential terror that permeated through every waking moment of your life, but somehow it felt acculumalative, like a snowball of shit rolling down a steep hill of even more shit. Mom said I shouldn't worry, speaking another tried and true permutation of “things will work out in the end”, as if it would be more convincing if she used bigger words. I didn’t even know what permutation meant, she said it out loud, unironically, in one of her spiels that passed as “advice”, thinking it sounded good. Dad’s a...

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I've always wanted to be a writer since high school, but years in the workplace drained me of the passion. Now, I'm back at it, more invigorated than I've ever been to, one day, write a novel. Hope yall enjoy my work!