Write a story in which each paragraph begins or ends (or both!) with the same sentence.

Posted in Fiction on Feb 17, 2023

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“Breaking My Silence... because breaking my face hasn’t worked yet” by Mallory Nelson

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“I exist” Quietly at first, cranked out with all the rust and strain of century-old water pumps, that Brigid had no business hoarding in her throat. They were for her 17 years. Not yet. Not if you asked any of her 50 some odd or she stopped counting when they started touching her. Oops, there she goes again. Dishing out too much. Mixing her metaphors and that’s not what it means? I doubt any of them would be listening anyway. No one looked at her, yet all eyes glared in the direct spotlight of her direction. “I exist?!" Mom’s gasps wer...

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“This is how it all starts and ends” by Aleksandra Aubay

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This is how it all starts and ends. Connie is the youngest daughter. Always the little one of the family. Always the pride of the family, adds her eldest sister, Melissa. Connie dances. Connie sings. She will be a Broadway actress! The star of the family. Connie loves her sister and hates her name. Before reading Lady Chatterley’s Lover, she thought her name was boring and dull. After reading the book, it became perverted. Connie. She doesn’t have time for these stupid things. She has to be the best. Sometimes her body doesn’t listen to her....

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