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Darkness sighed. Independence from everything was grand, but an eternity of it felt a tad too long. It coveted the warm rays of its sibling, Light. Away from Light’s all-seeing eyes, it dabbled with its own radiance. The cold, dark void, where nothing had been, started to burn. Darkness joined the everything. Oh, to …
Eve wore pink at Hazel’s funeral. Standard procedure for your arch nemesis. She did not plan on speaking. But after the umpteenth eulogy painting Hazel as an angel, she stole the mic. People laughed at her honest memories of the bad bitch who was Hazel. Eve found herself listing good qualities, too… she had some, …
There was a prophecy that on January 1st, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois at Windigo Tower, the wisest person in the world would be taking questions. All those who thought themselves wise clamored to present. But it was agreed by all that came, though some were very wise indeed, none was the wisest in the …
“They’re wrong, I killed her.” It’s 2 am. Heathcliff rocks himself by the open window. Hanah swings out of bed and wraps her arms around her husband’s waist like she’s done a thousand times since his prison release. “You never met her, have an alibi, and DNA proved you innocent.” “But I see it all …
Liv shot up from bed, staring into the dark. She did not turn on the lamp in fear that she’d be greeted by the doll, sitting in its rocking chair again. “Whatever you do, do not move the doll,” had warned the old woman who owned the Inn. Liv threw the creepy …
Hugo Primm never attended an event with less than three beauties at his side. Wherever he strode, so did the flashing lights. Everyone wanted time with the handsome businessman. And so it should be, he thought. I’m an untouchable God. When Sandra entered, he recognized her immediately. What was the unrequited love of his past doing …
“Do something,” screeches the woman as the EMT, Julio, kneels over the choking man. It just hit Julio how he knows the husband and wife; they refused to make his and Allen’s wedding cake on grounds of their religion. How Allen had cried… “Do your job!” screams the woman. “Sorry. Saving bigots is against my …
I lived here those years Celeste vanished. People reported seeing her. But never a picture. A picture of Celeste woulduh sold for millions. Imagine my surprise when I open this balcony, and there she is: the most beautiful woman in the world, swinging a little girl on that swing. Came out here with my camera …
One by one the hot sun dissolved the little water puddle’s friends away. Though the puddle had seen better days with clearer waters, it did not want to leave the earth like them. Being saturated with dirt was better than nonexistence. But a puddle cannot resist the sun. Bit by bit, the puddle …
Marjorie slides off her space suit. “Glenda, play: Home.” “Certainly dear,” says Glenda, her spaceship. Glenda’s red lights dim. Marjorie slides into her only remaining Earth dress, made of spider silk. Glenda’s mirror-scaled walls rotate and flash; rounded ceiling becomes sky, rounded walls become Marjorie’s meadow. Glenda’s vents rustle Marjorie’s hair like a spring breeze. Her …