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Submitted to Contest #325
CONTENT WARNING:Contains: Death/Grief, Psychological Horror / Trauma, Threats / Stalking / Murder (implied) The house is too quiet. It shouldn’t be this quiet the night after a funeral, but it is. The air presses against my skin, heavy and unnatural. I can hear the hum of the refrigerator in the kitchen where we used to cook dinners together. The tick of the wall clock that he broke his thumb in the process of hanging up. The distant groan of the old pipes he never got around to replacing. Every sound feels sharper than it should, as thou...
Submitted to Contest #277
I am the crocodile of Neverland. Not many remember me, and perhaps it’s better that way. I exist in the shadows, unnoticed, until the ticking begins. The never-ending infuriating fucking ticking. It wasn’t always like this. I was a man, a sailor, a wanderer who traveled far and wide across the seas, seeking adventure, and riches. Like all things in Neverland, it seems my fate was written long before I had any say in the matter. As the storm falls behind and my ship settles in the Neverseas, the silence is deafening. The waves, on...
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