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I was walking down the street, heading toward the coffee shop. It was dark and the streetlights looked silver. It had not started snowing yet, but it was really cold. At least, I think it was. I had put on quite a bit of makeup. Mostly blush to make my cheeks pink, to make me look more lively. I met Adam inside the shop. He was so nice and was everything I was hoping for. He ordered his coffee black, which I thought was so mature. I ordered earl grey tea and reminded mysel...
Pacey turns on the light in his apartment to see Hannah, sitting in the living room. He drops bags of groceries in fright. “Hannah.” he gasps. “You left your window open, so I let myself in.” she says with a smirk. “They told me yo...
Amy opens her eyes and has no idea where she is. She sees the sky. She sits up to see she is sitting in an empty field, nothing but weeds for miles. She doesn’t remember where she was earlier that day. She certainly doesn’t remember how she got here. This has to be a dream. From behind her, an older gentleman approaches her. He is wearing an old, tattered robe wrapped around his slender figure. His dark skin wrinkled from the sun. He holds a gnarled walking stick.
Elena steps onto the dry grass from the old driveway. What was once a path for cars and tractors is now overgrown with patches of grass and weeds. Mother Nature, slowly taking back what was hers and erasing evidence of the entrance to the farm. Elena walks across the lawn. The yellow grass crunching underneath her shoes. The ground is dry, just like that night. She sees the shell of what ...
Two hitwomen, Becky and Tanya, walk down the street, side by side. Their belts are stocked with guns and knives. “How was your morning?” asks Becky. “The kitchen sink is clogged again.” replies Tanya. “Ag...
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