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Weekly Contest #335
BradleyWhen her eyes opened, I could tell something was different. I was expecting to see fear, but that satisfying emotion was absent. Her eyes sprang open as if she knew she was in a fight and had no intention of quietly fading away. CecilleI came to myself and immediately felt pain. My throat was raw. My neck pulsed as if his hands were still squeezing. My cheek stung and I knew my eye was swollen. Without looking, I knew there were bruises around my wrists. One red hot spot on my thigh reminded me where his knee had pinned me down. Despi...
Weekly Contest #331
CW: Trauma, grief, gore Sitting at the window watching the snow fall, all the memories begin to come back. Usually, I jump up and find something to do to keep them at bay but today, the house is quiet. The chores are done. There is nothing to do but sit and watch, and so I do. It was the same type of fluffy snow that made you feel as if you are in a dream. As if the snow globe had been shaken and everything was falling into its perfect place.I remember long ago when I was not the one perched in this window watching the snow but was hunched o...
Weekly Contest #327
Today began as many other summer days had. I pulled myself from my night’s rest and looked down from my cat tree to observe my charges. Mother and Babe are getting ready to go for a walk. Babe is in a hurry to go. “Go Walk” he repeats. Mother is hurrying to pile everything they will need into the stroller. Toys, bottles, snacks, a jacket (though it is already 97 degrees), hat, sunscreen. “Go walk” Babe says again.“ Yes, yes, we are going for a walk”, Mother sings as she doubles back once again to grab her tea. And at the last moment, snatche...
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