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Weekly Contest #325
And the routine continues. I wake up to rustling leaves above me. “Where am I now?” I open my eyes to a squint, partially covering them with my hand, and take in the intense light of the sun shining into the crevices between my fingers. The sky, nearly void of all clouds, looms above. Its boundaries seemingly endless, engulfing me. I want to scream, but I don’t. “You are too mature for screaming,” I tell myself, my hand now at the side of my scalp, slowly running my fingers through my hair. Trees surround me—“I want to see my son”—and the de...
Weekly Contest #303
I'm hungry. Starving really. My tongue slides across my lips and my stomach growls. A small table sits between us. An array of food covers it. He is a mere three feet away. It is like an itch. I want to take it. To savor it. To slowly chew as its liquid core rolls down my chin. I want to eat his heart. I know it's horrible. I can't kill someone. It's inhumane. I won't. I'm not a bad person. Really. I just want to taste it. Just a little piece. Feel the sensation of my teeth sinking into the tissue and it beating within my mouth. The beating ...
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