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  • 5, 4, 3, 2…

    “Don’t be a little chickenshit, Ashton,” Jordie said.“Yeah man grow a pair,” Drew parroted. Drew waggled his eyebrows at Jordie in a way that he hoped she would find adorably sexy. Jordie wrinkled her pert nose.Aston threw a harder than necessary play punch to Drew’s shoulder. “Quit dick eating bro,” Aston said and left the

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  • Snack

    Click, clack. Leaving Carmella’s in her wake, Dru clicked home to her fifth floor walk up on her weary heels. The night sky had begun to bleed dawn. This late in the evening turning to early morning meant the city was empty as a sarcophagus. She wished she had eaten. Dru walked more quickly. Ahmar

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  • A Scary Story

    The sun poured into the bow window, splashing across the kitchen table, dripping golden light towards the sink. Catherine was rinsing a jadite mixing bowl. Humming to herself, she turned the bowl delighting in its rightness. Nic sat at the kitchen table. A wide ruled notebook lay in front of her and a thick pencil

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  • Inside Door

    “Girl, you scarin’ me. Come in, come in.”Within a few moments Tiana was ensconced on Shay’s comfy sofa with a blanket with a huge glass of red wine. Tiana’s hands shook as she held the glass.“TiTi spill it,” Shay insisted.Tiana downed the wine.“It started three months ago when I went to that big commercial furniture

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  • Be Nice or Else

    Mommy and Isabella were in the attic. They were looking for old clothes for the church jumble. Well Mommy was looking. Isabella was helping by wearing an old lady fur coat and a Sunday hat and dancing.“Careful Izzy!” Mommy shouted as Isabella fell backwards.Kissing away the tears, Mommy lifted her from the floor.“What’s dis?” Isabella

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  • Last Laugh

    Every now and then, it seemed when she opened her mouth two voices came out. One voice was hers, breathy and soft, squeaky when nervous, giggly when happy. She didn’t like to think about the other voice. To think about the voice was to summon the voice.It started in assembly during class elections. She was

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  • The Wolf Inside

    It was the worst kind of day to be lost and alone on a mountain, thought the human side of Schuyler. The wolf inside him stirred in its sleep. He inhaled. The air smelt sweet and crisp as a fresh apple. The girl was sweet too. Sweet and sweaty, the girl had been walking in

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  • Pink Snow

    We rode on the backs of arctic hares. Our mounts were incredibly fast blazing through the snowy landscape. My cheeks burnt cherry red by the stinging snow my eyes raked the horizon.Crystal, our commander, raised a hand and stopped. We all stopped. I tried to calm staccato of my heart. My mount, the youngest of

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  • Eric Likes To Visit

    dailyprompt.page.link/Bj5mBzb5hV7x4BpR8 Eric has straw-colored hair, pin straight. His handsome face is pale as porcelain. His deep blue eyes are hard marbles and they take everything in. The first time I saw him was during a Zoom meeting. All meetings fall into two categories; those that could have been replaced by a well-crafted email and those

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  • The Quentin Teal Art Museum was nothing if not tranquil. Its walls were a tasteful beige, the lighting, subdued, the art pieces were respectable, and its outdoor cafe called its 8 dollar tuna fish sandwiches Neptune’s Delight au pain. It was 11 o’clock on a Wednesday morning in mid-autumn and the museum was practically empty.

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