Sarah Paris

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“Shelter from the Storm” by Sarah Paris

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #187

This place smells of cat pee and desperation, yet for the first time in so long, I am hopeful. I feel like I might save a life today. I sigh and scan the room. I spot her right away. She’s hunched and trembling. Alone, in the corner by the cage of buoyant, adorable kittens.  Stooped and scarred, gray all over, her body shakes. I can smell her fear – tangled, yet screaming from every pore. I wonder what storms brought her here? Who abused her and discarded her? She notices me too. She’s older than the rest. The flicker of hope in t...

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Writer in Colorado. Fiction is my passion.

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #187
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