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Submitted to Contest #326
The night was a dark one, silent and warm. ‘Mummy?’ she whispered. Taryn stirred in her bed and let out a small moan. ‘Yeah baby?’ she mumbled, slitting open her eyes to see the outline of her daughter standing in front of her, small and blurry. ‘I had a bad dream.’ ‘Do you want to sleep with us?’ The room fell quiet. Her daughter’s silence surprised her, that question usually met with a forceful entry into the bed that pushed Taryn closer to her husband. She willed herself to open her eyes further. ‘What’s wrong?’ ‘I think there’s som...
Submitted to Contest #313
She tipped the bottle and listened as a stream of liquid fell into the bath, the steam unlocking base notes of ginger and menthol and eucalyptus from the tincture. The room was dim, lit by a single, thick candle that gave off the faintest sound of a burning wick, the only reason she liked it. She turned off the tap and undressed, throwing her dirty clothes in a pile, then dragged the old bathmat to the edge of the tub. The water glistened as the tincture’s oils gathered into pools on the surface, pools that were broken as she stepped one foo...
Submitted to Contest #209
The small red hatchback sped down the back roads of Western Australia. ‘Keep it under control, Simon.’ Cherley's tone was harsh but clear from the backseat. Simon’s eyes stayed fixed on the dirt plain in front, country so red and flat that it was almost impossible to tell the road from the rest. Cherley peered through the gap between the driver’s seat and the car door; Simon’s knuckles strangled the wheel. She looked down at her own palms; one clung to the handle of the back door while the other was cradling Ally’s head, her body...
Submitted to Contest #188
I looked over and saw the pillow caving to her form, her face turned down so that only the left cheek was exposed. I watched as the corner of her mouth blew open and closed, tiny puffs of air expelling as though they were bubbles reaching the surface. It was the only part of her that moved, the rest of her motions in a place far away. It was a different kind of peace, I thought, and she made finding it look easy. The moonlight leaked through the curtains and bounced off the skin of my hands. They were held by my lap as I sat upri...
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