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Weekly Contest #54
Trigger warning: physical violence, abuse Heat like a smothering blanket embraced me as I stepped out of the icy car. My feet tingled, my hair was a slightly dirty massive bun atop my head, and the tank top I wore smelled like B.O. 2 days in a vehicle with a rancid-assed pit bull and a howling now-half-feral cat who was probably going to shit in my shoes for a month now that we were in our new home, 900 miles from the old hell. My experience with driving consisted of 2 pitted lanes in a shitty little town in the middle of nowhere, only ...
Weekly Contest #47
Suitcase in hand, you head to the station. Your head hurts from the pain but your heart needs to heal. Your family stands there with tears in their eyes, begging you not to leave, but they are the reason you are leaving. The bus arrives and you hop on. The first day you eat your snacks and look out the window, not speaking to the other passengers or engaging in their banter. You come to terms with the fear that sits in your belly like a coal in a fire pit. Your fear of being alone ( but you've been alone your whole life, right? ), your fear...
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