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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021
Submitted to Contest #101
My face is small, and my nose is too big. I push down hard on my nose, feel the bone protruding underneath and smush the skin further. I hope somehow that I can bend this bone, shape it into a mold of my own design. The bridge begins to ache, and I move on to my next assault. My fingers reach to my two front teeth. There are white spots on each front tooth. They stick out like a sore thumb, and they are white as ghosts. My fingernail scrapes over the teeth and I push hard with surmounting agony, just like my mom used to do before she realize...
Submitted to Contest #86
We live in an apartment complex with orange-tan brick buildings forming the shape of a moon. My room is the longest stretch to the front door, but I like it this way. There is comfort in being the last person to the front entry. I share a wooden bunk bed with Victoria, but I am the one who decorated the room. Victoria lives with us every other weekend and with her mom the rest of the days. I barely see her because I spend every other weekend with my dad too. Thatβs why, I like to think this is only my room. My mom and her boyfriend ar...
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