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The affluent couple raised their baby with the power of belief. Every night they’d tuck him in and say: “You’re braver, stronger, and smarter than anyone.” He grew to know these things to be 100 percent true. (Even when others did not.) One night there’s a racket outside. The boy sneaks out. There’s …
CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Harassment “Celeste changed when those nudes leaked. It was a violation… her ex giving them to the media. They were vultures, the way they fed off of her violation. All her charitable deeds no longer mattered to anyone. She was a ‘whore’. They wanted a falling star. But her light came from …
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I knew Bella was our dog the first day I laid eyes on her at the shelter. They said she was shy, but we hit it off immediately. It took time to get her used to my husband. And of course when we had all acclimated to each other, it happened … Her original owners …
CONTENT WARNING: Language It’s Florida, everything’s weird in Florida. But I was fine with helpin’ Lana with her joke on her man, till she hit him over the head with a fryin’ pan. But I done already taped his legs up, and she was seethin’, so I figure she had a good reason. Maybe …
I can’t sleep. I have trouble sleeping since I looked evil in the eyes. It was three years ago, but I still remember clearly looking into those orbs that were not rooted in place by a soul. Something else was inside there, moving those eyes around. As absurd as this sounds, they creaked like ungreased …
CONTENT WARNING: Animal Cruelty, Animal Death Taj wanted to fly me to his town home in Perth. I refused. I wouldn’t leave Jim, my beloved cockatoo. He’d panic whenever I wasn’t by his side. He was my buddy, never even caged him. Taj paid for Jim to fly first class with us. I …
October 3rd 2019, aliens sent humanity a courtesy message: prepare for hostile takeover, January 2nd, 2020. When the day came, across the time zones, eyes and weapons rose to the sky. Nothing happened. No spaceships. No aliens. Was it an alien prank call? Over the next few months, the warning was forgotten. But the aliens …
12-year old Carol’s mother always tells her to mind her own business. But as she heard the commotion and saw the people staring into the alley, she couldn’t help herself. Three 16 year-olds were beating up a scrawny kid. The boy bled, badly, begging for help. The adults just watched. Mind your own business, echoed …
The leafy plant waited in anticipation to have its flower heads bloom. It wanted to know what kind of flower in the garden it would turn into. Would it be a white rose, a red tulip, a pink hyacinth, or a purple crocus? All great choices! When yellow petals bloomed, it realized it was …
They said I was wasted potential. My parents. My teachers. The admissions counselors. That college was out of reach for me. They said it served me right: for skipping school to play with my computers… wasting away my potential. In our family everyone goes to Harvard, but I was supposedly not even getting into a …