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The Battle Fought in Silence

Submitted to Contest #329

Nicholas had checked his homework only once so far, so going to the bowling alley was simply impossible. As advanced as Kcizky seemed to be to all the Kcizkians, they had no help for internal wars, and there was no one who understood him well enough to offer advice. But his younger sister Phoebe insisted he come along for her birthday. He never had agreed, only said it was a nice idea. Now here he was, being dragged there against his will. He stuffed as many pages of homework under his arm as he could while his adopted father hauled him out ...

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The Exorcist

Vanessa Osbourne

Submitted to Contest #329

[Warnings: religion, disturbing??, possession, miscarriage] ‿̩͙⊱༒︎༻♱༺༒︎⊰‿̩͙ “If we fear the Devil, we have already ceded too much to him. I respect the Devil. I highly respect him. I do not, however, fear him. I fear God alone.” — Father Carlos Martins, The Exorcist Files I ascend the concrete steps to the Bishop residence, old knees creaking a protest. The bag in my hand clatters the tools inside. I reach the top of the front porch, and take a moment to remark my surroundings. I look over my shoulder, brows tugging up despite sagging skin. ...

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Where the Daisies Grow

Lorra Spitzer

Submitted to Contest #329

Daisy knew the moment she saw the coffin that forgiveness had come too late.Daisy remained still, her eyes fixed on the casket as she wiped away a tear. The lifeless figure before her confirmed it—hope had died long before her mother’s body turned cold. Her chest tightened as numbness crept through her limbs. Once, everything had felt whole—until that tragic day.The scent of roses pulled her back in time. Conversations around her softened and faded. She was again in a yellow polka-dot dress, sitting on the gray carpet of her mother’s flower ...

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To Dream is to See Death

Amy Holmquist

Submitted to Contest #329

No sooner had Amelia fallen asleep that she found herself in the dark recesses of her memories. They were always jumbled, always disconnected and out of sequence. Not only that, some of them weren’t even real. Every night, her conscience had the arduous task of separating fact from fiction in her traumatic past. Amelia’s heart was racing. Even more so when she saw his face. He had an ethereal glow about him and he was slightly translucent. His face was stern. It had been far too long since he last had a genuine smile. He was ...

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Conversations in Diners

Sarah Daughenbaugh

Submitted to Contest #329

She sits in a diner in a booth alone. As with most dreams she doesn't remember how she got there. Only that there is a purpose for her visit. While she waits, she clicks her fingernails on the tabletop. Listens to the dull hum of the other customers as they converse. The clinks of the knives and forks on scratched white glass plates. The sizzle of food hitting the flat top. Then through the noise she hears it. The bell at the top of the door. She's positioned herself to be able to watch as people go in and out. She knows that the first of th...

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The Protracted, Peculiar, and Probably Quite Pointless Trial of Bertie Masturbine

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Winner of Contest #329 🏆

Rather than enjoying the miracle of life, humankind has generally chosen the opposite – they have tried to understand it. More specifically, since the first caveman scribbled on the walls of his home, humankind has questioned what comes afterwards. Broadly, there are three schools of thought. Some think there’s nothing. Logical, if a bit dull. Some ‘don’t believe in, like, heaven and hell and all that stuff but feel, y’know, like there must be something out there, like, death can’t be the end, right?’ This is the most insufferable school of ...

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My Reason.

Brianna R

Submitted to Contest #328

)this is a warning. this story contains Mental health problems and suicidal thoughts/actions kinda. Day 1. Dear Liana, There’s no easy way to say this. But I can't go on living like this, you don’t deserve it. You don’t deserve any of this and I'm so very sorry for doing this to you. I know you love me but you just deserve so much better than me. I know someone else can treat you so much better than I can. There are so many things I want to put in here but I just can’t decide how to put them down. I want you to know that I'm writing this ...

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Rattle

Chris Secrest

Submitted to Contest #328

Rattle The voice in his head screamed and echoed, “Shame will follow, all of your days!”He realized it had with every passage, every journey. Every battle, again and again for two millennia. The plague followed him across time. The spear glistened with blood from the thrust into the man tied to the wooden beam in front of him. To the left and right, he had broken the other prisoners' legs, upper and lower, with the side of his battle sword, all to hasten their death. To drive them to meet Hades. The coppery smell of the blood w...

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Remembering is a Pain

Anne McBride

Submitted to Contest #328

Remembering is a Pain Anne McBride “I remember..” It was a common thread I keep saying lately, but I don't know if I believe myself anymore. Not when I keep seeing the pain in people’s eyes, when those words leave my lips without my control. It’s not because I don’t want to remember or anything like that. It’s because I had hit my head years ago and I suffer from really bad headaches. If I am lucky to remember dates, names and places, then I have it made. Right now I see the pain in my love’s eyes, begging me to remember the moment we me...

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Time Line Jump/Between the Void and Validated

Mandie Axsom

Submitted to Contest #328

Time Line Jump / Between the Void and Validated The eye of the time-clock stood still, and the moon's glow had now grown dark. The darkness she was once familiar with had become such a vast part of her, allowing the freedom to Time Jump. She no longer feared the unknown. She had danced with her shadows long enough that they were on a first-name basis. The eye on the clock standing still was an illusion of confinement. Everyone assumed they had to be somewhere within some time frame. But the Time Keeper was actually Time's Eye. There ex...

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In the Beginning Twice Over

Mary Abdel-Malek

Submitted to Contest #328

Her BeginningIn the beginning, everything was good.There was rhythm. Not chaos, not exile, not shame—just rhythm. Breath and pulse, water and wind, the divine hum of harmony.That’s how I remember it, anyway.We were created together on the same day, in the same breath. Through a divine decree, “Let Us make them in Our image.” Them. The gods—or God, or whatever that great multiplicity was—spoke, and we simply were.I remember looking at Adam and thinking, Well, this is interesting. As we began our lives together, I noticed that he looked like m...

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Providing

Josh McKinley

Submitted to Contest #328

A young boy, bright and lively with the spirit of his youth stood impatiently while his father, strong and tired in his age, stooped to examine the tracks left by their quarry. He wandered about while Father looked for… whatever he was looking for. His eyes were drawn, as they ever were, towards the trees. The canopy was bright with the soul of autumn; the evergreen needles a stark contrast to the fiery hued leaves. The ashes and the oaks and the yews reached towards Heaven, towards God, as if to say “See me, Lord! See how I have grown by Yo...

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Never Underestimate a Small Gesture

Vanessa Severino

Submitted to Contest #328

Vanessa sat quietly behind the desk at the pregnant women in crisis center, praying fervently over the list of phone numbers in the logbook open in front of her. "Dear God, protect these young pregnant women in crisis. Help them to realize that although they may feel all alone, they are not all alone. For you promise never ever to leave us or forsake us."In walked in Amanda Richards, a 20-year-old Caucasian woman who recently discovered that she is with child. "How can I think I could afford to take care of another human being when I cannot...

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Farewell at Sunset.

Julie Grenness

Submitted to Contest #328

CW: Substance abuse, mental health Sunset beamed its glory over the floral tributes for Asher. Several mourners were still openly grieving the demise of an iconic gospel muso and songwriter. There stood Benjamin, old buddy, with his son at his side, and also his wife. Kelsey had on a bitter face, full of regrets, and so did Benjamin. He was reflecting on all that joint history, from the time he had first met Asher in primary school.The two lads and Kelsey had attended a Christian college, with formal discipline and firm teachings. Kelsey had...

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"Human" Resources

William Osigian

Submitted to Contest #327

“I realized a long time ago that I could do the bare minimum at my job and nobody would notice. I'm passionate about torturing souls, believe me, it's just that I feel uninspired. You can only do the same thing over and over again before it just gets old, you know?! I guess I'm just feeling a little burned out is all.” Asmodeus sat reclined, pouring his demonic soul out. He had been coming to these sessions for centuries, and he felt like he was on the edge of a real breakthrough. Lilith, his appointed therapist, sat with a ghostbound book i...

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The Battle Fought in Silence

The Exorcist

Where the Daisies Grow

To Dream is to See Death

Conversations in Diners

The Protracted, Peculiar, and Probably Quite Pointless Trial of Bertie Masturbine

My Reason.

Rattle

Remembering is a Pain

Time Line Jump/Between the Void and Validated

In the Beginning Twice Over

Providing

Never Underestimate a Small Gesture

Farewell at Sunset.

"Human" Resources