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Submitted to Contest #330
NOTE: this story deals with themes of death, grief, and the passing of a loved one.-------------------------“Goodbye,” It sighed, reading the single word on the ironically named welcome mat at the doorstep. Underneath it, the owner of the house had helpfully added a skull with a big red X on it. Must’ve been a special commission - it was definitely too personal to have been found at some supermarket down the road.It rolled Its eyes (or at least what It thought of as Its eyes). There was no helping some people - or, in this case, there was no...
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