Megan Dang

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“Time Bomb” by Megan Dang

🏆 Winner of Contest #29

Tick tick tick tick tick tick. Six months. That’s how long I’ve got until the time bomb inside me goes off and I self-destruct and explode into a million little pieces. Because Mom tried to hide it from me but I noticed that telltale bump and that her sweaters were beginning to look tight and I asked, accusatory —“Are you gaining weight?”I was right, she was gaining weight. Just not in the way I thought she was. I’m pissed at her. She knows it, too, but she tries to act like nothing’s wrong, like every day is just another day ...

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Writer and human girl from SoCal.

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