I Will Wake Up by Bea L. Hertz

The following is a featured 100-word story from the December Writing Challenge.   And she won’t. Stupid plane. Stupid ballet. Gigi, dead, because of them. Without a broken leg from dance… She would’ve been the survivor, not Rose Ridgeway. Teary-eyed, I mosey through Roman High. Apologies engulf me. Those we love never truly leave.  Rose expresses “regret.” Deep down […]

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transience by Olivia Hu

the fog is spitting straws of sunlight, the edges crisp like blades. sister’s hair is bouncing like waves as you run down the dock, the board swerving like drunk lungs, breath intoxicated. the night is painting the sky hues of desperation and angst. the waves start lamenting its heartache again, sings songs of lust and […]

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Her by Alison Brunk

“Kelly agrees with me.” “She said you shouldn’t do it.” “..Said you’ll regret it.” “She wouldn’t do something like that.” Never knew five letters could sting the way they did. The way they did when used like a double edged sword to juxtapose my skin. My clothes. My talents. To juxtapose me. Well, maybe I […]

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