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Never Again
I don’t think I’ll ever walk in the woods again. They were a big selling point for the house. Woods, practically next door. Sweeping seas of nature, as far as the eye could see. They’d be great for walking the dog, taking the kids on adventures, getting away from it all after work. Not anymore.…
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The Cure
The iron lung isn’t forever. I am surrounded by the insistent beep of the monitors, the relentless rapping of the rain at the window, the endless hum of the lights up ahead, and the constant ache of all the things I could be, and the things I could do, if I were free. The dreams…
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Fired
Old Scratch was displeased. The sky above him was scorching as he set eyes on the border between his realm and the human world. They sickened him. He tried to avoid the humans, and really only ventured into their domain when his daughter had been away too long, but as his home faded into the…
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Bound
She was so passionate, and perhaps, that was what I loved the most about her. Long nights of dangerous desire. The classic game of cat and mouse. Her echoed cries and sighs surrounded me, as I held her inside my arms, and allowed myself to feel the most divine of pleasures. She would play pretend,…
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Silver Bells
It began with the sound of bells. Lisa had been waiting for her train, as she always did in the morning. Bells jingled, and they jangled, softly at first, but soon, all around her. Snow was tumbling from the sky, and as Lisa looked up from her phone, it suddenly occurred to her that she…