Category: Short Stories
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This is Halloween
Toys laid scattered across the bedroom floor. Canvasses covered in crayons littered the walls. Figurines stood atop the dresser at attention, staring into the cold, black night that crept its way through the far window. A singular light illuminated the twin bed where a little boy and his father lay covered in Buzz Lightyear bedding…
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A Requiem of Rebirth: Chapter 4
Fire envelopes my soul. It brings light to this grave. ~ Though I sleep, I can feel that I am cold. A presence is here, watching, making me its slave. ~ A thickened, petulant voice calls from the darkness. It screams and I awake. ~ These words written on my arm…hopeless? I look around, I do…
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Requiem of a Rebirth: Chapter 3
**TRIGGER WARNING** My world fades to black. The skin on my bones decays. ~ This house is built on shattered dreams. Fire burns where no one hears my screams. ~ The glass becomes my friend. It pierces my skin, carving my pain, this is the end. ~ I feel trapped inside this house of my…
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A Requiem of Rebirth: Chapter 2
Chapter 1 can be found here. ~~ I feel as though I’ve been walking for ages. The sun still shines but this sorrow within me rages. ~~ What happened to my solitary road? I once thought it to be my home. ~~ It seems as if it has turned on me. Blinded by imperfection on this…
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This Sidewalk
Hand in hand. Eye to eye. Heart to heart. We used to walk this sidewalk together. Interestingly enough, this sidewalk was one that I oft-traversed alone. It was my solitary sanctuary. A place that I could call my own. I could feel, with every step, the journies of those before me. They had experienced the…
Confessions 