Tag: life
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Thirty-seven
CONTENT WARNING This story contains excessive use of profanity and foul language. —- —- —- “I’m fucking done with you!” Those were the last words I screamed into the phone before blocking him from everything two weeks ago. I blocked his phone number, I blocked his countless burner email accounts he was using to contact…
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Thirty
“The end is nigh, my friends! Soon, it will all be over!” The muttering rose to a crescendo after that statement, each individual whisper joining the vast choir of discordance. I stood there, gripping my mother’s hand tightly, my eyes fixed on the Prophet and the four other zealots on stage, nodding along with his…
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Eight
I didn’t know that our universe is just one of an infinite number of near-exact copies with tiny differences separating them, floating through an infinite nothingness for all of eternity. Didn’t know until tonight, that is. I take another sip of my watermelon daiquiri, the sweetness mingling with the alcohol and making it much more…
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One
How do you describe a feeling? I asked a friend of mine that question, not too long ago. It was an ordinary day, with the sun high in the sky, a few clouds drifting in the light wind, not quite threatening to pour their cargo of rainwater down upon us. The streets were dead quiet,…
A Forsworn Fantasy 