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It Wants My Baby – Chapter Two
I can’t believe that I’m writing this. This is more than a dream or a delusion, I know that now. Nobody else can see it, but that doesn’t make it any less real. She came to our flat. Lily came to our home. Nobody believes me, but she was here. I woke up last night,…
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It Wants My Baby – Chapter One
Hello everyone! Long time lurker, first time poster, etc. I need advice about pregnancy, I suppose. I am six months pregnant, and I’ve read every baby book and every page of Mumsnet, but somehow, I don’t think they’ll be able to help me, so I’m turning to you. I know this will make no sense,…
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The Catch That Was Never Caught
All that remained was the picture you painted with my plasma,a monument to your lustful rage,raining across the once sparkling kitchen floor,falling into place,forming macabre memories that you’ll run to the end of the earth to escape.My existence echoes around an almost empty room,ghost of a girl past,gazing at you with glassy eyes,their colour disappearing…
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The Mad Mermaids
I went to catch a wave with my local librarian.The sun was smiling, like I’d told a joke,and I was glad to be lost in the crowd.Tsunami of girls, all locked inside of our assigned roles,the fathers of fascism storm the streets,but they fear femininity,how it weakens men,makes them indecent and unkind. I am a…
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Old Scratch
Day One This will sound mad. I know it does, but I have to tell someone. There are scratches up and down my legs. I sleep alone, and have no pets, so I’ve no idea where they came from. This has happened every night for a week, so I’m writing it down now. I don’t…