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Submitted to Contest #292
The blade flicked open. No glint, no cinematic gleam—just a dull, dirty edge, meant for work, not show. A tool of necessity. A thing designed to cut, to rend, to ruin.The man who held it didn’t hesitate. I ran but he was faster. I struggled, but he was stronger. A hand like iron clamped around my wrist, twisting. The snap came first, an awful, sickening pop—a delay—one frozen heartbeat—before the pain erupted, jagged and raw. I gasped, or maybe I screamed, but it didn’t matter. The knife was already coming down.The first cut was al...
Submitted to Contest #27
Ok, so I was twenty-five and my parents were getting nervous I would be a lonely old spinster like Old Aunt Gerta. I insisted that twenty-five was still young and I had dating under control. After all, I had subscribed to Love me online dating app. I had filled out my dating profile and swiped through ten matches per day. Each match I selected meant meeting for a drink or coffee and spending an hour listening to the boring routine first date diatribe.My mother didn’t buy into the earnestness behind my dating resolve.“Kathleena will be here t...
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