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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021
Trigger Warning: Mental health, substance abuse, suicide and self harm. I was curled up on the couch watching TV with my family when I heard a door slam. This is the moment when my life went from a soapy bubble of carefree smiles to a haunted house of jump scares. ‘I need help! Amy’s taken a whole lot of pills and there’s so much blood,’ I hear my brother shout. I couldn’t move, I couldn’t think, I couldn’t even blink. Suddenly, everyone sprung into action. Dad grabbed the car keys off the hook. While Mum snatched her jacket off of t...
Submitted to Contest #92
My Great-Uncle Graham had more keys than anyone I ever knew.Mum said it was because he used to be a prison guard in a maximum security prison. She said that was why he always locked one door before opening another one even at home and years after his retirement.I hated visiting him, but Mum said it was our duty as he was alone. He had never had children and his wife left him years ago. Probably because she couldn’t stand him locking all the doors — who’d want to feel like a prisoner in their own home?Mum must have instilled a sense of duty i...
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