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Submitted to Contest #221
No matter how tightly I squeezed my eyes shut, the fluorescent glare penetrated my eyelids—a relentless reminder of the situation I was in. Frozen with terror, I could feel the drying trails of tears tightening the stretched skin on either cheek. I imagined the metacarpals in my girlfriend’s hands grinding against one another like drunks on a dance floor. I hoped I wasn’t hurting them, my own too numb to be sure. I felt a familiar pinch, hardly worse than grabbing a thumbtack from the wrong end. “There, the worst part is over!” the nurse of...
Submitted to Contest #212
Dear Lucy, Please forgive this message’s method of delivery; I’m sure being handed a letter from a stranger who already knows your name is jarring at best. Unfortunately, the explanation for which isn’t any less so; but it’s one which you deserve, and this is the safest way for me to share it with you. I am writing to inform you of an unseen truth, of which I am trusting you to maintain utmost confidentiality. Please—no matter how this may affect your emotions, please do not disrupt the process via its exposure. There are elements to this sy...
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