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Silver and Sapphires
He takes such good care of me, but Lord help me, all I am is plain awful. Every night, I cry my eyes out, soakin’ his shoulder with my sobs and screams. The two of us just drown together, and then, somehow, we rise again. His big ol’ arms wrap around me, and his eyes—cool,…
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Mrs Biscuit
Mrs Biscuit’s house was once the loveliest in the neighbourhood. I don’t remember that myself, because I’m far too young, but that was always what my Dad said. At Christmas, he’d talk about how the house would glow with warmth, the windows lined with garlands of holly and twinkling fairy lights. Dad used to say…
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Skin
Bobby was too nice for his own good. I tried to warn him, to steer him clear of the danger, but it was already too late. He was a nice boy. Not a boy, not really. A grown man with a wife and dreams of a peaceful life. He moved here to escape the noise,…
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Fantastique
It had rained so much that I thought the island might disappear. Such a quiet place. Remote, and picturesque. I had heard old friends talk of its beauty. Some even in their last moments, remembering her shores with such longing that it seemed a paradise. I set out to visit, just for a moment, really,…
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Swipe Right
They said that it was a bad idea. Evil, in fact. Revolting, but I knew that it was the thing that would save me. I could never have conceived it, but once the idea was in my head, whirling round and writhing like a worm, I knew that it was the key to everything. It…
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 