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Submitted to Contest #101
Life isn’t a straight line, some road you have to travel with potholes and rain. Life is more like a string, so in that aspect the Fates were right. It starts out fine. Sometimes it changes colors. Sometimes, it gets snipped too early. Sometimes, it starts to fray in the middle, and sometimes you can pull it back together, but sometimes it just keeps getting worse no matter what you do. The last one’s mine. Ever since I was fourteen, my life has been spiraling downwards. I really didn’t mean to yell at my older sister that night. She drove...
Submitted to Contest #99
“Pierce.” I rap on the door sharply, hearing a clatter from within. “Come on, man! I really gotta go, and you’ve been in there for, like, twenty minutes.” There is a brief silence from beyond the bathroom door, with its peeling white paint and unnatural shadows around the edges (seriously, don’t ask. This apartment complex is haunted or something). “Almost done, Bryan,” I hear Pierce shoot back. I don’t know what he’s doing in there, but it’s been ages. Finally, Pierce opens the door with a sheepish grin. As he shuffles past me, I fin...
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