C.T. Billups

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“Monochrome Monarch” by C.T. Billups

Submitted to Contest #258

Dear Reader,This story contains: Mental health, Substance abuse,Gore, and Suicide.- C.T.As I sprint through midtown the star-filled skies fill the back alley with interstellar light. The smell of airborne dust and rotten garbage fills my nostrils.I pass a large trash receptacle pushed against the cement block wall.A fire in my chest signals the finish line is near. My legs grow heavy. I inhale a lungful of air through my nose and turn to face my pursuer.Out of the corner of my eye, I see the shadow fade into the night. I watch its hot breath...

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