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Caity G

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Caity G

Submitted to Contest #275

The digital display reads 05:49:02. Blue glowing numbers blink back at me in the deafening quiet of the abandoned Control Room Alpha. The high-tech room looks as if everyone stepped out for lunch, chairs neatly pushed in and papers waiting on desks for people who will never read them. It isn't until you look closer and notice the fine layer of dust covering almost every surface that you would know longer than a few minutes has passed. 157 years ago, I doubt anyone thought this day would come. Everyone filed neatly into the sterile halls, fie...

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Through A Childs Eyes

Caity G

Submitted to Contest #246

This story contains themes of child death and implied abuse. "When can I see my parents?" Detective Clements stopped a few feet behind the swing set, studying the small boy that sat motionless on the right swing with his back to him. The detective scratched at his beard, sighing. This wasn't going to be an easy conversation. These kinds of conversations were never easy, even with adults, but it was a particular kind of torture with kids. "In a bit, Jacob. I need to talk to you first. Can I ask you some questions?" The boy nodded, and Clement...

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Longing Heart

Caity G

Submitted to Contest #242

Have you ever felt like the painting on the wall above your grandmother's fireplace is watching you? Or like the sculptor of that marble statue in the museum managed to make marble look a little too life-like? Well, there's a chance you might be right. Sometimes it really is just your imagination. Not every painting or sculpture or piece of art is alive. Landscapes aren't, for one. The still-life you painted in high school isn't alive. Not every piece of art that depicts a person is, either. Only some of us, the ones that our artists re...

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Interview 12

Caity G

Submitted to Contest #186

"Agent Mark Jeffries, ID 582934. Interview 12 concerning the incident at Hope Town Community School on September 8th, 2022." "Before we begin, state your first and last name, age, and occupation for the record, please." "Penelope Waters, 27, and...to be honest I don't know what my official title was, but I worked as a sort of assistant in the school library. Kind of did a bit of everything, whatever they needed done. Shelving books, checking the kids books out, shelf reading, that sort of stuff. Did some like...I guess you could say art ...

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Before and After

Caity G

Submitted to Contest #184

No one really thought about how reliant we were on electricity. How the world would fall apart if the electrical grid was taken out. And how easy it would be to do that. When I say no one thought about it, that's a small lie. There were some people who thought about it, quite a lot actually. Survivalist enthusiasts that got laughed off as crazy or paranoid. The same people who hoarded food in their basements and clutched their guns like a Southern grandma clutched her Bible at church. They thought about the power grid. Despite ...

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