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Submitted to Contest #335
I’ve come to realize now, as I’m writing this, that the word ‘histrionic’ doesn’t even begin to describe me. I was fickle in every way a child shouldn't be, constantly shifting and molding myself into what I saw most fit in the moment. I would say what I knew others wanted to hear, expressed feelings that weren’t truly my own, and lashed out at things I couldn’t have cared less about. What I now refer to as my ‘condition’ was never truly diagnosed, which led me to feel confused and angry throughout my childhood. Compulsive lying wasn’t the e...
Submitted to Contest #328
The day the incident happened, the sun had been so warm, so delicately blinding, that I believed it was bound to be a good day. It started nicely as well, with the dogs barely barking as I got out of the house to feed the animals. The rooster cried out soon after, waking up the rest of the house as it should. More than a great morning, it had been an usual one. Nonetheless, the normalcy was welcomed as always. As I was having breakfast with the family, I felt a sudden sense of wrongness. The hair on my arms rose as nausea washed over me, and...
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