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Submitted to Contest #317
CW: Includes graphic sexual content and themes of mental health struggles I almost choked on my fork. It’s been so long since anyone has made me laugh like that.Through teary eyes, I anxiously searched for reactions from neighboring tables. Glares, scoffs, whispers. Just as I suspected. In other words, this was a half-decent restaurant and I needed to shut up.I looked down at the used cloth napkin on my lap and tried to focus on it so I could, indeed, shut up. There’s nothing funny about a napkin. The laughing stopped.Until I looked up again...
Submitted to Contest #181
In my years of living in the area, there had never been a moment where I didn’t feel safe. Sure, there were a few scares with hooded men lingering around during the day and some very human-looking trees at night, but I never had (or knew anyone that had) experienced a harmful incident in Pine Hills. Of course, until the bumkins down the street moved in. They were called the Farmers. And the Farmers, well, they and their millions of conundrums made their way into Pine Hills and single-handedly ruined the pristine real estate value o...
Eli had to get away. She needed somewhere to go. She needed to get out of town, out of Orilon. Urgently. People were after her. So, she had retreated. But not too far; she needed to be able to easily travel to her old home every so often to visit her dad and take care of business. Accordingly, she went to the farthest place she could manage while not too far as to abandon civilization. She ended up purchasing a 30-acre lot equipped with one home on the far outskirts of Orilon. Desolate enough to hide for a bit, but close enough t...
Submitted to Contest #180
Every morning I wake up one minute before my alarm goes off. The first thing I do is roll over to cancel said alarm before the siren blares, giving me the worst migraine a person could possibly imagine. I take a moment to wake up, rubbing my eyes and stretching a bit. After all, it feels good to get moving after a full 8 hours of sleep. This is the second thing I do every morning. Next on the list is opening the drapes. I look out the window and onto the roofs of the other old buildings in town. I see the ocean in the distance an...
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