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Submitted to Contest #308
Content Warning / Disclaimer:This story contains references to emotional and physical abuse, trauma, and psychological manipulation. Reader discretion is advised.It Was All Just a DreamIt was all just a dream.That is what she tells the detective, the social worker, the news anchor with the sympathetic smile. She says it aloud because if it was not a dream, if it was real, then she has to remember every breath, every bruise, every moment she smiled at the monster and called him safe.They told her the countryside would be good for her. Soft. H...
Submitted to Contest #307
It began, as most things do, with a longing.Not a loud one. Not the kind that breaks doors or screams into voids.This one was quieter. A pulse beneath the skin.A shadow behind every other thought. A wanting so old it didn’t need a name.It found her when she was twelve.A girl with too-wide eyes and silent hunger.She stood at the edge of the school auditorium stage, behind red curtains that smelled like dust and dreams. The other girl was center stage, speaking lines she knew by heart. Lines that were supposed to be hers.The applause when the ...
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