Emily. She lost her parents to a fire. She lost her sweetest younger sister to a fire. She lost a dog, a home, her …
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It ends here, in a parking lot with neon streetlights painting our skin, and her hands twisted in my jacket, and her breath ragged as …
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Clara lay on top of her duvet, head thrown back, gazing at the ceiling as her guitar rested on her tummy. Her toes, raised on …
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It‘s been a sweltering day, moving slowly into an exhausting, hot night. It’s been a day when the sun softens the world with heat and …
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Aberratus was born a proud man, keen and hungry for the delights of power, in a small town near the western shores of Bithynia. He …
Just Relax by Carol McGill
Just relax, they told me. You’ll enjoy it. You just have to let yourself go. So here I am. I can’t breathe. I give up …
The Austrian Winter by Emily Ward
The middle-aged writer began as usual, with two cups of coffee and a biscuit. It was cold when he sat down at his desk; he …