Jessica Ashleigh

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

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“Something's Best Unsaid” by Jessica Ashleigh

Submitted to Contest #34

We sat. All six of us. Glaring at the TV, the news never seemed to stop. Another confirmed case. Another death. Another ‘reassurance’. Bright flickering lights permeated the room, trapping our gaze, sucking our souls. I should look away…I didn’t. We continued to sit. The whole family. TV blaring, the news ever vigilant. But they kept repeating themselves. The air was stale and stagnant. Suffocating. I should open a window…I didn’t. We sat still for hours. Even together, we were isolated. Time blurred. As if we’d been sta...

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