Leah Thomas

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

Stories (1)

1 Story

18 karma pts

?

“The Same Lie” by Leah Thomas

Submitted to Contest #68

This is a hard thing. All I have now are hard things. Nothing is soft anymore, nothing is easy. Some things are easy to start, but nothing is easy the whole way through anymore. They are staring at me like I am the garbage in rain gutters. But there’s something else too. Pity. I might be a poor little pup in those rain gutters. I think I’d rather be the garbage. “I need help.” “With what?” “You know what.” “No, I don’t. We don’t.” “Fuck you. I’m coming to you, trusting you.” “Then you can tell us.” The carpet under my feet is green....

Read story

Author bio

Leah Thomas has not written a bio yet!