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Weekly Contest #347
As the credits rolled, my eyes remained locked on the screen until it went black. I rewound the VHS and watched it again. At 6pm sharp, my grandparents watched Fox News at the kitchen table. While they exchanged groans, I scarfed my macaroni and cheese before asking to be excused. I watched the film for a third time. There he was. My past, my future. The man who would save me from my wicked grandmother, from the trolls who bullied me at school, from my brown paper bag existence. My happily ever after. After my grandparents went to bed, I snu...
Weekly Contest #343
*note- this story deals with mental health, abuse, and contains imagery of violence and gore Emily parked her car and rested her head on the steering wheel. For a few minutes she sat, eyes closed, drawing in deep breaths. She leaned the seat back and smoked a cigarette, flicking the ash into a paper coffee cup, until she could taste the filter melting. Her eyes snapped toward her kitchen window as the lights flickered on. You’re procrastinating. She scolded herself. Just get on with it! Emily pulled into her garage. She eyed the stack of br...
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