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Submitted to Contest #260
Sensitive content; substance abuse, physical violence, gore. "They'll call you in soon," said the receptionist. "You can have a seat wherever you'd like until then." "Thanks," I mumbled. The waiting room was empty, except for one young woman who sat in the center. She was a brunette with clear skin and didn't look older than nineteen or twenty. I remembered when I was that beautiful. Before my eyelids got puffy and my hair began to shed. I made my way to the seat in the corner, the least visible in the room. My eyelids were heavy. My head ...
Submitted to Contest #74
Trigger warning: eating disorder DECEMBER 31, 1999, 8:59 PM (101.68 lbs., 46.12 kg.) I kicked the scale, immediately tumbling to the ground with pain. Half of my big toenail sat on the bathroom floor in front of me, laughing at my sorrow. “Fuck you,” I whispered to it, and clenched my throbbing toe. I’d never been so close to completing something. So close that I could smell it, and it pained me to even think about not getting a taste. But there wasn’t enough time. It’d just be another goal down the drain. The walls glare...
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