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Submitted to Contest #296
--This story contains mild sensitive content of physical violence and sexual themes.--One Hand Knocking.The sun’s rays part the clouds, shedding a soft white light onto the windowsill, rain still clinging to the glass, warping my view of the passing cars. Her knocking still rings through my head, her lilly pale hands softly tapping the ornate details of my door, my apartment was built not long after the Boston fire and even so many years later, the smell of blackness, of burning still radiates through the entire city, at least for those of u...
Submitted to Contest #294
Dear Christian,I would address you as dad, but Mum has always been adamant that I wasn't supposed to “He is your father, not your dad”, she’d say. It's not that I don't agree; It does just feel odd to call someone who makes up half of my DNA by their first name, but then again, it’s far odder for you not to call me anything at all. As you’re probably aware, you’ve missed a lot: Birthdays, Christmases, all apparently things a father should be attending; you’ve missed almost 20 of those with me. But to me, those don’t mean much; those celebrat...
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