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Kay C

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Kay C

Submitted to Contest #85

“Get him on left lateral, clear the surroundings, siderails up!” Emma hears the orders before she registers the man lying on the bed violently jerking both arms and legs a foot from where she stands at the triage desk. The back of his head thumps on the bed repeatedly. The woman waiting her turn at the doorway lets out a scream that pierces the silence that befell the emergency room. Healthcare professionals and patients alike all stand with bated breath, waiting for the man’s seizure to end. A minute later the man’s muscles cease their ...

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Wanderlust?

Kay C

Submitted to Contest #58

Warning: A lot of run-on sentences. :o I simply have no feeling right now. I think I’m just stuck in this void, this space of nothing. There’s no motivation. There’s no creative idea. Heck, there isn’t even an idea. I sit here in boredom, wasting my evening. Wanting to sleep, yet unable to fall asleep. Wanting to work, yet unable to work. I take out my laptop from my backpack that sits next to me on the cold elevator floor. I flip it open. Click open a textbook. Since I’m stuck here, I might as well study for my Pharmacology quiz on ...

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The Best Friend and The Boyfriend

Kay C

Submitted to Contest #55

The woman’s blond hair flows out from beneath her in waves, its tips reaching the legs of the coffee table some feet away from her. Surrounding her body are multiple yellow number tags, indicating placements of the items strewn about the living room. Various items are spread across the area: a spiky hairbrush, a dictionary, an unopened box of condoms, a blood-stained rope. Her eyes are closed, her legs and arms splayed out, as if she was simply sleeping on her living room floor. The female detective watches the man in front of her as she ...

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