Green 18794 – 068
Seven years. We’ve been married seven years. Did I not know before we were married that my then fiancé was an attention whore? He’s always yapping and looking for opportunities…[...]
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Paper Tigress
Vidalia removed her mask, tucked her hair behind her ears, and leaned forward instinctively towards the makeup artist. He sprayed something into his hand, applied it to her face, and…[...]
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Dancing in the Rain
After a long time of processing her information with the court, she finally reinvented her identity. It only took the majority of the months the year was kind enough to…[...]
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Campfire Fam
Clea sat quietly, the campfire crackling and illuminating the darkness. She watched and listened to her surrounding friends. Perhaps her new family, or so she would like them to be.…[...]
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Broad Strokes
Broad Strokes A portfolio of photos laid open on my desktop as I clicked through the next set of acne-ridden faces in need of touchups. Parents paid a $19.99 up-charge…[...]
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Fault Lines Acrostic
“This is Officer Laramie of the Waller County Police Department. Am I speaking with Shelly Johnson?” The words sink in my stomach, churn my intestines, and run a chill down…[...]
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Sweet Dreams
Sweet DreamsbyKaya MonnI jolt awake. What a crazy dream. Rubbing my bleary eyes, I pull myself out of bed and lurch like a zombie to the bathroom.Locked.“Come onnn, hurry up!…[...]
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Arden + Vida = Crushed
Two people. Their voices like silk. She is brown with hair bleached the burnished gold of firewood. He is peach, his eyes a vein under cool skin blue. “Vida.” “Arden,…[...]
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A First Kiss at Midnight
"Ten minutes 'til the ball drops, find someone now, folks!" A bartender yelled out. Through the festive music, a number of people cheered over the buzz of conversation. "Last chance…[...]
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A Dead Promise
She promised. Elliot and Lynn rested in the slightly damp grass of his backyard, staring at the black sky dotted with glittering speckles of light. It was much too late…[...]
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Different Today
She's different today, my human. She shed her fur. Yesterday it was blonde and it flowed down her back like water from a fire hydrant and it smelled like strawberries…[...]
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Metamorphic
“Speak now!” Betrayed by the silence that followed, Beril turned to leave. Haphazard mirrors leaned against the ledges of the purple-veined pit, reflecting just enough light to see the carved…[...]
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The Duality Journal: Entry 1
Angie (15) lets out a deep sigh as she walks through the luxury retail store section of the mall for what feels like the thousandth time. Her mother, Jen, has…[...]
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The Secret Promise
TW: bullying, slight physical violence, insinuated abuse, mental illnessGossip has never been an activity that I have particularly enjoyed, having been on the bad end of that sort of thing,…[...]
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THE BERDACHE
“Bartender, whiskey, and a jug of water, if you don’t mind.” Wynonna Belle’s lips were parched after a long day trundling through sage brush and dusty trail on her way…[...]
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Women are werewolves
It was late afternoon when Candice left the house. Her father had seen her to the door. There was a worried look on his face. “Are you sure you’re ready?”…[...]
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Wyoming Style
Friday nights, the diner filled up quickly with locals in from the week’s work. Melissa didn’t mind it; the time went quickly, and the tips weren’t bad. ‘Give me a…[...]
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Action Maxx!™
I never belonged in the toy box, this must be some kind of mistake on Sam’s part. Sam, a plucky preteen boy, a better owner an Action Maxx!™ couldn’t ask…[...]
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Teachers Say the Darndest Things
I was on the floor building a rocket ship with Legos when I heard my parents’ whispered voices. Mommy was sniffle-crying and Daddy was saying there, there now, everything will…[...]
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Wrong Plastic
Strangling limbs cover any sight of my plastic. Seas of fluorescent green, chrome, red, blue, white, bright yellow and matte black swirl above my painted-on eyes. Slightly, soft streams of…[...]
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Passing in the Human World
I’ve been staring at Mathias’ new friend from work since the beginning of the party and I can’t seem to stop. I’ve never seen such perfect androgynous beauty and there’s…[...]
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The Silent Stager
Rhosh stood on the edge of the tower in the sky, which peeked so arrogantly but delicately above the sea of clouds. Silent clouds. They rolled across the vision from…[...]
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Emotion Prison
It was dark outside the locked window of the small room. The curtains were drawn and a light layer of dust covered the wooden desk in the corner. A young…[...]
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DEAR OLD DEAD EXCERPT
The voices, or rather the voice, my father's voice, started shortly after he died. We hadn’t spoken since I came out as transgender, and as far as I was concerned,…[...]
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Jealous of Myself
"Have you ever noticed how that same homeless guy sits out there every day? The one with the dirty gray hair." I say to Jessie, my coworker as he mops…[...]
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How to Elicit an Unreasonable Reaction
1) Birth the subject in a suburban town in east Texas, in a community that completely and totally denigrates queerness. Let's call this place Pearland, as an example.2) Really work…[...]
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The Shape in the Mist
A low cloud had coiled across a barren landscape with nothing but the black scars of trees and the shed husks of stone to define it. The rolling fog had…[...]
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Cuando el Sol Sale Ror el Oeste
It was the last day of our summer break, and it was expected that the world would end.“Today is the day, but I don’t know when...“ Anna said, her hand shielding…[...]
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An Alberta summer.
Warning: This story contains multiple sensitive themes, such as sexual violence, mental health, substance abuse, physical violence, strong/ foul language, gore, and abuse. “Hell yeah! You brought the good stuff!”…[...]
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Nostalgia, Not.
TW: PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE, PTSDYou can’t feel nostalgia anymore. You’re not sure if you ever could - can a child be nostalgic? You had difficulty understanding emotions as a…[...]
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TIFFANY AND THE WOMAN IN RED
Tiffany Burke is lonely, desperately lonely, and she doesn’t have a clue how to change that fact. Every time she meets someone interesting – and it happens often – there…[...]
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Window to the Heart
(Contains themes of depression and an instance of eye horror.) Forty-five degrees. A right angle. Inversion, and then reflection. Her fingers clutched the canvas and stained its spines in a…[...]
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Me and Everyone’s Voice
The rain was rising from the puddles, which makes it hard to avoid getting wet. I tend to stay along the paths that were never rained on to begin with…[...]
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Baby Butch
TW: transphobia Zee tucked their white tee into their Wranglers, slipped a sliver carabiner through their front belt loop, and put on their Tims. They slicked back their crew cut…[...]
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Unconditional
In the fading light, the Florida streets buzzed with life. Long shadows danced on the pavement, animated by the setting sun. Amidst the jostle, one figure stood stark, a man…[...]
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Coffee Stained.
“Control yourself.” Bells rung outside, the church’s procession beginning amidst the graveyard, “Myself? What about all of you? You said you loved me. You promised.” “Of course I love you! You believe your…[...]
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Twixt Heaven and Hell
PAULThey softly trace the line of my jaw. "You should go on more business trips.""Why? You got something going on the side when I'm gone?"Oof. Charlie's playful jab to my…[...]
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Heart Failure
Stars. Twinkling bursts of light. Bloodshot, glassy eyes. He has given up.He was supposed to save everyone. Save the world. Save it because the crops wilted. Save it because the…[...]
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The Façade We Make
"Aren't you tired of this?" She asks him as they wander off into the night, escaping yet another party, both of them in overdone attire that neither of them liked.…[...]
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In The Garden
Sam was elbow-deep in freshly churned soil when they spotted a glimmer out of the corner of their eye. As they turned, the fairy froze and stared back at the…[...]
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One Morning, Ten Minutes
TW/CW: Mental Health, Child Loss, Transgender Issues This last month and 3 days has been all over the place, but I have a really good feeling about things. We just…[...]
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And So it Goes, A Gossip Column for Our Times
And So it Goes, A Gossip Column for Our Times Most gentle and kind and hospitable reader: if you would like to know who fell into the arms of a…[...]
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It Isn’t Normal
Michael and Miriam could never remember how they became friends, but they clung to each other since they were in kindergarten. Even though their class had the same group of…[...]
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Men Like Macbeth
Virgil had risen above the actors. The air was cooler up in the fly space. Musty, metallic, muted. Macbeth (Michael) was stumbling over his lines below. Virgil had wanted to…[...]
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An Unexpected Friend
It’s my first time in Chicago, and like every other tourist, I end up at The Bean. Inspecting the sculpture, I think it may be the most fascinating thing in…[...]
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Melting December
Hello! My name is Ash- no… Cameron! Ugh, that's wrong too. How about… December. Does December work? No second guesses, I guess it works. Now to get on with our…[...]
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A Kid Named Kip
It was two months ago in early June, just before the rains started and the hot, muggy, sweltering air brought with it biting insects and wet socks. She had just…[...]
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The Mask of the Maneater
Warning: contains themes of body horror. “We don’t want you in town, Mr. Watson,” the waitress said. Gar jumped, more at the prefix than the hostility in the tone of…[...]
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In His Eyes
CW: sexual content, physical violence, drink spiking, suicide reference I've been cheating on my wife for around six months now. Emma and I have been together for two years, married…[...]
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False Icons for Dinner
You are Dace Keller, a paragon of manhood. Because every man that’s ever been, for as long as you’ve known, has wanted to become Dace Keller. You are the model man,…[...]
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New Beginnings.
The room was quiet and all was still, save for the steady beep-beeping of the blood pressure monitors and the low rise and fall whoosh of ventilators. The only noise…[...]
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Do I Know You?
DO I KNOW YOU? “No! No! No!” I pounded the steering wheel of my car in anger and frustration. It was Friday afternoon and nothing was going right. I had recently…[...]
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The Ones We Left Behind
TW: mentions that a character was abused in the past, but no descriptions during the story. Freya trudged along the wet-ridden cobblestoned streets, trying not to slip or step into…[...]
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The Woman in Green
Taryn sat at her terminal, staring at the mass of data shared to the data slates piled haphazardly on her desk.There was no question. No doubt in her mind anymore…[...]
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Janeen the Dream
1985Greenwich Village had become a food desert. Oh, sure, there was plenty of sustenance to be had IF you were a risk taker. A gambler. I wasn’t. You only get…[...]
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Little Nephew
As Michael walked cautiously into the room, he felt heads swivel towards him in awkward shock. Like a record scratching in a movie, conversation halted and all eyes fell on…[...]
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A Pointless Conversation
Trigger warning: brief mentions of sexual violence, coarse language, brief mentions of mild gore, mentions of homophobia/transphobia"If you had to give up one part of your face, which part would…[...]
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Witch are you, The Walls or the Moon?
Saluting the sky with 10 twinkling toes, Lilith lifted long limbs aloft, relaxing after a long hours. In leisure she lay, legs locked like lovers in embrace. Her mind was…[...]
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Between the folds
21/7/2021 The day was gentle and expectant. It was one of those days with God rays bathing the white and turquoise kitchen, making dust swirl languidly in ways that spelled…[...]
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An Antique Scar
Content Warning: Mentions of disordered eating, body monitoring, and violence against trans women.We met at the start of lockdown in New Jersey.I remember being sick. Sick and tired. Sick and…[...]
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Wicked Souls, Kindred Spirits
“Morning walks are typically the most peaceful, ordinary part of my day. In fact, since I started working in the forest, they have never been anything but ordinary, no matter…[...]
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Memory’s Seamstress
She starts by putting on her shoes. The ones by the bed look too large, but she reaches for them anyway, thinking she could stuff them with tissues to fill…[...]
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When It Was Just Sean
Shawna pulled into a well-lit gas station at 1:45am, praying they wouldn’t notice her transition. Not yet. Obviously, she wanted people to notice, to acknowledge her…woman-ness, but not here, not…[...]
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A Mother’s Love
“I think you’re going to be just fine.” Those were the words that made Liam’s eyes well up as the light of the computer bounced off his horn-rimmed glasses. His…[...]
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Transformation
Penelope was late. She could feel the pressure of an invisible clock ticking above her head, but she had to get this just right. She had to look just right. …[...]
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Loud and Proud
“It’s like Mr. Doubtfire in here!” It wasn’t the first time Julian had made that joke. He’d seen Nick change in bathroom stalls often enough. Still, it made Nick laugh…[...]
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This is Who I am…A Glorious Open Book
Prompt: Your character is getting changed in the bathroom of a nightclub or restaurant then emerges looking completely different. Why? This is Who I Am…A Glorious Open Book My cell phone flashed…[...]
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Once Upon a Plane Flight
Trigger warnings: Domestic abuse, Transphobia (implied), Sexual Assault (mentioned), Mental Health problems (Anxiety) ‘I’m sorry’ the word reverberates in her mind, bouncing across each crevice, Her fingers weave through each…[...]
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My Sisters Brother
The interrogation room was bright, cold, and bare. It was barely a ten-by-ten room with a desk, three chairs, and a mirror. The two detectives, John, an older tall overweight…[...]
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Fatestitcher
Content Warning Please note that this short story contains references to:Implied off page sexual violence/rape, gore, blood, murder, mental health conditions, physical violence, abuse, fantasy theology, and religious trauma. Fatestitcher…[...]
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Blind Jury
Nationwide, the news media had run with the story of Martha Atkinson’s crime. It was a story they could print forever, taking new angles and new attacks up to, and…[...]
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I’ll Never Let You Down.
I was about to go to bed when the phone rang. My do-not-disturb setting was already on, but she broke through it by calling twice in quick succession. Bex needed…[...]
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You took a gap year.
Usually, you would be reincarnated as some sort of star. You wrote letters to Nebula #19232019 asking if your place had been secured for the upcoming years, around ten billion…[...]
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The Crowned Son
“Wake up,” I hear the gruff voice of my knight, Arthur, say. I groan, glaring at him. “It’s not even daylight yet. Can’t we wait?” I pull the covers up…[...]
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Dinosaur Sneakers
The alarm rings – piercing through the dull thrumming of sleep with its shrill blaring. Steadily, and somewhat begrudgingly, the world comes into focus. A long smear of grey blurs…[...]
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In Central? Nobody’s ever wrong—unless they run out of excuses
Look, in the Hong Kong trading jungle, the investment banks, the traders, the dealers, nobody ever fails—at least, not out loud. Not Banker Benny “Big Beef” Lee. Here, if you…[...]
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How I Became Acolyte to Primordial Chaos
CW: TransphobiaHow familiar are you with chaos theory?An old adage goes that if a butterfly somewhere in Brazil flaps its wings, it can potentially form a tornado in Texas, because…[...]
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Beneath the Apple Tree
Transphobia/Abuse Sweat dripped down Josephine’s back as she wrenched the hoe through the dirt. Last harvest had been bountiful, but water had been scarce so far this season. They’d have…[...]
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Saved For Him
Aakesh’s Journal NotesTwo months after the final waveBiochemical Warfare has decimated most populations of the world leaving behind a mix of abundant forests, mutated creatures, and humans.The Long-legged Yellow Sac…[...]
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Prologue (Draft Script 1)
WIP TITLE: “THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED”Draft - script 1A 3D rendered narrative driven choice-based adventure game. ***FADE IN:EXT. AN NEAR-EMPTY MOTORWAY – DUSKGrey skies bruise the horizon. Wind dances through…[...]
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To Be Someone’s Muse
Look, but never touch. That was the mantra Mimoza told herself every night as the rag she held flew over another marble bust in the hall. Every movement she made…[...]
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Wanting a live change
Wanting a life change When I look back on my early years I lived in the lap of luxury. My parents possessed a well appointed house in Greenwich. My bedroom…[...]
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Finn Not Fiona
Blog 05/24: My name is Finn, not Fiona, contrary to popular belief. It’s been my name for some time now, going on three years, and it suits me better than…[...]
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A Straight Line
(The following contains violence, gore and transphobia) Stoat had thought that the stories about the Dark Forest were just that. Now he was in the heart of them, he knew…[...]
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Round About
“Are you buying or shopping?” Molly, the store owner stared.“Delivering. I’m Patrick, with Delivery Boyz, here with a load of furniture from that estate sale.”“Then deliver. Why are you touching…[...]
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Bella Reyna
Whenever I need to escape, I just close my eyes and think about Elajim. I first used to just close my eyes in order to escape my surroundings, but at…[...]
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Unforeseen Consequences
He doesn’t smile, when the cloak is on. It shows them off: little pointy teeth he can’t remember having, before. But then again he can’t remember anything from before, not…[...]
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Man in the Mirror
The mirror reflects a body I do not recognize. Minor details in the eyes that only the self could be familiar with, entirely alternative. My elderly folks say I chose…[...]
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The Stonemason
He wore tights that were either naturally brown or were covered in grime. The tunic and apron he wore over it were equally dusty, and Izzy was sure that if…[...]
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Over the weather
Over the weather In Sweden, we call it The Wall. To ”crash into The Wall” is to be burnt out, exhausted, needing to rest and take time off from work…[...]
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105 Degrees: A Hoodie Day
105 degrees out; 90% humidity; no AC until the bus arrived.It was a hoodie day.The streams of sweat that drained down the middle of my back screamed otherwise. The black…[...]
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Sometimes Your Roots Can Change
TW: past human trafficking, past character death Amari eyed the college warily. Sweat steadily coated their palms and they could feel their knees buckling underneath them. They swallowed the saliva…[...]
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