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Submitted to Contest #160
“Mom! Mom!” I woke abruptly to the panicked whisper of my ten-year-old, Benji, who was also shaking my shoulder. Adrenaline shot my body upright and I grabbed his hands, which had started to move toward his temples. Pulling out his hair was a fairly new development, gradually worsening after the death of his father, my husband, six months ago. He had started with pulling out eyebrows, then eyelashes, and had recently started with the hair at his temples. Fear bloomed in my chest, but I shoved it down and gentled my grip...
Submitted to Contest #126
My twin saved my life. The problem is, I didn’t have a twin. I first met her at a New Year’s Eve party at my friend Phil’s parent’s house. His parents were conveniently out of town for New Year’s Eve, so of course Phil invited two dozen of his “closest” friends over to celebrate. At 18 years old, it was a thrill to be away from my parent’s house for New Year’s Eve, nursing a cheap beer I wasn’t old enough to drink, and dancing in my brand-new purple dress with friends old and new, waiting for the clock to str...
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