Short Story
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To Give Up The Ghost
He knelt at the grave. The dirt clung to the sides of his trousers, the grass beneath was wet. He repressed the urge to shiver. Seth had felt…
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One Look
CW: Violence, mention of alcoholism “You’re not from around here.” The cashier said. He had flat eyes and a buzzed haircut, tattoos wound around his arms, piercings in…
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Reverie of Elysia
Excerpt from “Reverie of Elysia’s Discovery” (2103-2112) The prevailing assumption is that Elysia, if it exists at all, occupies space—a plane of existence either within that in which…
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If I am utterly bewitched by you
Chapter 1 || Eleanora Halls “Wha-? We have a new student…? The teacher never told us anything, though…” The loud chatter dimmed to a hushed but piercing whisper as…
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The Girl in the Green Atmosphere
In the summer of that December, I stood beside you, bare feet, the cold water washed over our ankles as we watched the creeks slither. I was seventeen, and…
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Solstice Fall
I: Starship Earth The Solstice and Nightfall have been travelling through space at near-lightspeed for eighteen and a half years. They move in tandem with the ghosts of…
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HEINA III
I couldn’t bear it. I reread the same sentence in my journal five times and couldn’t remember a word of it–unable to rid the thought that the system might…
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Unawake
Another sleepless night. This is my seventeenth sleepless night in a row. What I’m saying is not insomnia, because I knew that experience from university. I haven’t slept for…
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Stay?
When it was good, it was very, very good. There was an ease in the way they existed around each other that was akin to planets in orbit— constant,…
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Anabasis
TW: Physics They say it was a positron leakage, as Meyrin, Switzerland, went off with a bang. A collision between any particle and its anti-particle partner leads…
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Child-like Faith
The universe knew her best when she was a kid. The whispered secrets to the moon, wishes woven into the dandelions by the wind, closed eyes at 11:11 like…
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Dreamscape
Date: 1983 Location: Villon, Paris. Author: Penelope Thornhill Miss Verena told me today that the peach tree Papa and I planted before I left for Paris had begun…
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Force of Nature
Part 1 || Island of Spirits There is a flame spirit in my house. You can never, ever underestimate them, albeit a small one like mine. They can…
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HEINA II
TW: mentions of death The crowd didn’t stop moving; that was the first thing I noticed. There were no screams, no hesitation. No one even slowed down. They…
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City of Ice
Snow fell in thick blankets across the cold, barren landscape in which I trudge. The watery light of the day had long ago slipped out of sight, and inky…
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My Name Identity
TW: Includes childhood bullying, light hearted conversations, writer notes, and unoriginal classmates. The journey in finding out my name’s story is quite a tale, but it all started when…
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Hyperparasitism
It had never entered his head that his son was not his own blood. How could it have? But doubt was such an insidious thing, digging into the day-to-day,…
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Sophia’s Strangest Disappearance
TW Depression It was not like I could talk a lot of sense into Sophia. I never could. No one ever could. Once she had formed an opinion…
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Miracle
Miracle It was Orion’s boots that caught his eye first. It was the middle of summer, so those were probably the only boots around for ten miles.…
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I talked and He listened
I talked and He listened. The green pastures let me rest, beside a quiet stream. The earth stretched His glorious hands soaking me in His warmth that asked nothing…
