Her eyes are full of stars. Her hair tangled with moonbeams and stardust, Her words unfurling from her lips, Like petals gently, shyly, Blooming in the spring. Her skin dotted with constellations of past curses, Her footsteps light, her smiles wide But then she blinked, And the sky was starless Her words were dry and […]
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Can you hear me? My breaths and silent screams. My eyes are shooting stars into space My fingers are weaving planets into galaxies, spinning universes from my fingertips. I’m thinking too fast, too hard Words swirl like the Milky Way on the tip of my tongue But I say nothing. It slides down back into […]
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You write Your hands clutching the keyboard Your mind grasping Your eyes wander, searching For something, For someone, For a reason. Bitten lip, the taste of blood, Crescent fingernail marks on skin Angry stars that shine down on you, Their light like fire, Yet your mind is blank and dark Forgotten things, unforgotten Things all […]
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“What She Said” is a short fiction excerpt from a novel by Olivia Liu. In it the main character, Matilda, after having rejected Linus, the boy who loves her, is saved by him in an unexpected turn of events. His dedication moves her, making her have to choose between endangering the boy she loves or […]
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“Do not collapse before your minute is over. Understood?” The tester glared down at us as I nodded. I was the one that stood out, with my pale skin and scrawny figure. However, regardless of my dislike, or disability rather, for any physical activity, I still had to take the Physical Fitness Assessment. “Hello? Olivia?” […]
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