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Submitted to Contest #303
TW: This story contains depictions of grief, trauma, revenge, and non-lethal violence resulting in permanent disability. ***He knelt beside his parents’ bleeding corpses, completely void of emotion. Was he supposed to cry? Was he supposed to hit somebody? Was he supposed to join them in death?The shock did all the talking—except, the talking was complete silence. Empty words floating around in his head, words that made sense, but words he didn’t hear. He looked again at his mother’s face as he continued to tightly hold her hand, ...
Submitted to Contest #302
Note: This story contains references to Holocaust-era persecution, antisemitism, war-related trauma, and brief depictions of emotional distress and dehumanizing language used by Nazi officers. Reader discretion is advised. *** The little boy indicated to me that he was thirsty and pointed to the bottle that popped out of the zipper of my backpack. I handed the bottle to him and got a soft and tired ‘Danke’ in return. I smiled and watched him gulp down whatever water remained. It was a sad sight, but things were going to get better for him a...
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