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Submitted to Contest #102
Calvin was hollow, his heart and mind void of all feeling and emotion. His face without expression, pale and tired. Eyes sunken and red as a crater on mars, having not been able to sleep more than an hour or two at a time over the last few weeks. His phone was sitting by the edge of the couch with a flashing blue light, reminding him of various alerts of missed calls, voicemails, and text messages from people sending their condolences or merely checking up on him to make sure he was still alive. He had already messaged his parents earlier in...
Submitted to Contest #101
My eyes open, struggling to keep my ceiling in sight. Although I have never woke up from a coma, this morning feels what I can only imagine one would be like. I feel as though I have been resting since ancient times. A terrible ache has made its home in the front of my head, and although it seems like I slept straight through the night, I have not felt this terrible since my first days of sobriety, struggling with withdrawal symptoms that made me want to die. This pain and discomfort are different though. It feels wrong, very wrong, almost a...
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