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Weekly Contest #343
(This story deals with the aftermath of childhood sexual assault, but not in a graphic way. It also deals with the mental pain of a survivor trying to reclaim herself.) Someone’s lips almost touching her ear. The moist plosive. A light current of warm air.“You . . . don't . . . belong . . . to . . . you.”A message from the underworld. She knew whose voice it was, just--she hadn’t heard it in a while. No use springing from bed, running around, checking closets and locking doors.The communication didn’t seem to work both ways. She’d tried. ...
Weekly Contest #342
Performance Anxiety I wore my ecru lace dress with a burnout velvet evening coat and my lace Jimmy Choos. I wandered around my favorite park until offices started closing and rumpled people started pouring out onto the sidewalks.Then it was on to my favorite park bench near the oak grove, before the drones arrived. The human hive kind. I felt a few casual glances, and I'll fight anyone who says you can't feel someone looking at you. Call it what you want. Supersensory tentacles, ectoplasm, psychic antennae.But I'm waiting for a certain . . ....
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