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The study had become a mausoleum of abandoned intent. Ink had hardened into black crust at the bottoms of forgotten wells, and the keys of the old Hermes 3000 sat stiff and lifeless, like a jaw locked mid-laugh. For Clara, the room was no longer a place of work. It was where silence had taken root.Writers talk about the taunting blank page. But Clara’s struggle wasn’t emptiness. It was the black hole. A transparent wall stood between thought and motion. Four months had passed since the funeral, and in all that time not a single word— not eve...
Have you ever had that out of body experience? Well, I’m having one right now. Standing in time’s continuum; the past, future and present envelope me as if I am lead in one of those sci-fi movies. The scene, me, somehow magically in the middle of the galaxy, close enough to smoke the stars whilst watching both past and future play out.“Elizabeth, what are you doing here?” Jesse blurts out more harshly than intended.We stand at four corners of this conversational square, each holding different; emotions, thoughts, suspicions and possible acti...
He’s dead, Jess! Fucking Dead!Like no air in his lungs dead!Like no opening his eyes tomorrow morning dead.“Okay”, Jesse holds up her hand in an effort to calm Nate.“Maybe you need to calm down, Aunt Gail said her will would present opportunities. Let’s see this as an opportunity, to fight like hell, inherent all the money AND NOT GO TOO JAIL,” Jesse screams.“You need help, Jess, you know that right?”“Debatable”, says NateJesse starts to pace back and forth. “Firstly we don’t know if he’s dead! Are you a fucking doctor? Just the other d...
Weekly Contest #45
DAY 34My People,It’s been a minute since I’ve showered, and my fam like, “what’s with Ron?”Lemme just say, aqua phobia be real to y’all struggling out there!Day thirty-four and the smell getting lil’ much, but I’m for real, for real, showering today. For real!Yeah right!Babe, come on, can’t you see I’m busy, tryin’ to find a solution to my problem!Ooooohh Hun, “I know what the solution is”; Connie says pointing towards the shower!WOMAN!Aaalright, alright no need to throw a hissy fit, dinners in 30 minutes, “I’ll be sure to open all the windo...
Weekly Contest #44
I come from a nation of violence; it’s the only way my country knows how to communicate. We kill; slowly, violently and consistently. So when I checked out of the breaking news gossip mill years ago, as my first steps in adolescence, I naturally stopped conforming to the tumbleweed mentality, little did I know the price for this was so unbelievably high.Hi, my name is Isabel, I’m twelve years old and I am facing the battle of my life. I have an abdominal tumor the size of Texas; whether the cancer has spread we cannot say for sure as hospita...
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