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Submitted to Contest #303
The same night that I told Jace I loved him, I was up and packing my bags. There was a despicable peace in erasing my presence, gathering my belongings and stuffing them into my backpack - bras, jeans, jewellery - until nothing was left. Until I was only a bad dream. Glancing over my shoulder, Jace turned in his sleep, limbs splaying out like a star; the slices of moonlight through the blinds obfuscated the soft grimace of his lips. "Lila," he muttered, hand smoothing over cold sheets. I turned away. I'd take the bus back to Surrey, returning...
Submitted to Contest #232
Stellar nebulas, the nurseries of stars, are landscapes of whirling solar winds and scalding rivulets of radiation, meaning light is only conceived in the coldest, darkest throws of infinity. "Hasn't the world ended? You shouldn't be here," you say, voice spilling into the apartment, battering the crags built by darkness, and it occurs to me that this is the first time I've heard your voice in over a year. "I know," I reply. "You're wasting both our time." Hidden away in the labs, sitting tranquil beneath a telescope, med...
Shortlisted for Contest #186 ⭐️
"It's cold." "So?" "Can I have a blanket?" "No." "Why?" "You could try to strangle me. Or hang yourself." "You really thought this through, huh? You sure this is your first time?" --- "A heater?" "No." "Because of the wiring?" "I'm not giving you something heavy to lug at me when I come through the door." "Now you're just giving me ideas." "You're too good at coming up with them yourself." "You're too good at predicting them." --- "If I had a basement, I would at least decorate it better." "Why bother?" "W...
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