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Submitted to Contest #305
Content Warning: This story contains mild language, references to grief, emotional burnout, verbal mistreatment in a workplace setting, and themes of depression and dissociation. I’d worked a dozen jobs in just a few years. Life got lifey, I suppose. All around me, people moving on...making progress. There I was, stuck in the past and wishing for an exit. I’d given up hoping it would be an easy one.My mom always told me to get ahead, you had to work hard. I’d done that, but was too damaged, too real. Too gullible really. I’d been used up and...
Submitted to Contest #304
Sarah pulled up and parked, thoroughly disenchanted. Another shift, another round of idiots and zombies to entertain. She looked up at the neon sign, which read “wik-E-Mart”, as the “K” had given up long ago. Much the same as she had. No fireworks or big saga, just quietly stopped working when no one else was looking. She sighed, thinking to herself this tired internal monologue of hers really needed to get a life.She moved as if she was a zombie herself, scanning items and taking payments, completely lackluster and barely there. Low mumbled...
Submitted to Contest #303
Trigger Warning: This story includes references to trauma, abuse, physical violence, and death. While not graphically described, this may be emotionally distressing. Reader discretion is advised. Smith was happy, humming a tune. He’d just been granted parole. Finally. He’d gone through the motions, told them what they wanted to hear. He knew he’d messed up bad, but couldn’t quite care, either way. They’d taken twelve years from him this time. Twelve fucking years. He’d played the games and hedged his bets. Surviving everything they’d thrown...
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