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Weekly Contest #369
Author’s Note: This story is based on true events and contains references to suicide and the loss of loved ones. Mom climbed up the basement stairs without my little brother’s urn. I stared at her hands—one on the banister, the other dangling at her side. I frowned. “Where’s Christopher?” Her eyes lifted briefly to mine before dropping back to the stairs. “He has Dad now. I think it’s okay to leave him here this time.” She flipped the switch, blanketing the stairwell behind her in darkness. Her hand brushed my shoulder as she passed into the...
Weekly Contest #368
I have lived in the sea long enough to understand that it will not save the drowning. It only saves the condemned. From the safe depths of the ocean, I trailed a school of sardines meant for my dinner. My tail slowed to a lazy undulation. Calm. Casual. As if I were one of them. Then a veil of darkness fell over us. They scattered. I huffed a plume of bubbles—such fretful things. The shadow moved along, growing in size as it advanced. Darkness cascaded over my face, then enveloped my body. My eyes tracked the shadowed path to the surface. A d...
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