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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2024
Submitted to Contest #315
This story contains sensitive themes such as physical violence and dark themes. The fluorescent lights above me hummed as if bees were trapped within the glass. It’s four-thirty-two in the morning, and the hospital is desolate. My hands smell faintly of petrol and blood. Tick, tick, tick. The clock above the reception desk ticks, and ticks, and ticks. I can hear every second, tearing at my skin, my teeth, and my eyes. The hospital smells of cleaning liquid and processed food, and somewhere down the corridor, a machine helps someone breathe....
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