Clockwork by Kai Raine

Qaifin did not bid anyone goodbye before she crossed the bridge to knock on the thick double doors to accept the Challenge. There was no point. The town hustled and bustled beyond the gates as though nothing was wrong, and the only one she’d spoken to was the shopkeeper closest to the bridge, who dismissed […]

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Clean Kitchen by Z’monii G. Davis

Piece by piece. Shatter, creak, crisp air, winter breeze, bloody cheeks, battered hands. Wind swept hair, porcelain filled with sky droplet, breathe in clean. Sweep swish, sweep right, left, day old apple peels, fallen leaves crumpled. All in one. Separate. Colors bleed together, remnants of past days. Fuzzy now. Days kidnap days. Minutes kidnap minutes, […]

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This Moment

We’ll all have this one moment where our basic “right” to live is questioned. This moment is life-changing. This specific moment, usually, can be a child of a plethora of emotions. The moment could be born from happiness, wonder, ecstasy, or simply from sorrow, anxiety, fear, or pain. That life-defining moment happened to me. But […]

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Just a Matter of Time

Watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for the first time, I was mesmerized by the clock that moved backwards. The idea that time might dissolve and reinstall the things and people we’ve lost because of its momentum meant too much. I waited through the many beautiful hours of this film for the ticking clock […]

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