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Rachel Merritt

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The Yellow House

Submitted to Contest #289

Content Warning: This short story explores themes of grief and includes one short scene of criminal violence. Water running down my skin. Scattered seeds on wet cobblestone. Yellow paint. — My eyes snap open to a quiet room, its lone clock casting a blue glow atop our wooden bedside table.  A dream, Alyce. Just another dream. I reach for the ring that lives on a chain around my neck and press my thumb hard against the vintage cut stone.  In group, they tell us to choose an anchor that feels safe, something to help ground us i...

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