Category: Prose
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Matching Manicures
‘Jump,’ she said. Her small hands curled around my shoulders, just like she used to. Her breath shivered along my skin. ‘I don’t want to,’ I replied, taking a step back from the ledge. We had matching nails—a birthday gift from my mum. The same day everything went wrong. Her nails were different now: sharper,…
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Recipe for Bad Pizza
Do not follow. This pizza recipe is horrible.
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Blue Eyed Alien
Its eyes were just like hers: blue.
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Why Water Flows Downhill
Long ago, in a world less orderly than ours, Water ran every which direction it pleased. Rivers and streams exploded across the world in random directions. Each droplet of Water decided where it wanted to go based on its own whims and fancies.
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猫: Cat
Why does he sit with me? Where does he think I go during the day? Does he count down the minutes until I come home?
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John Marden’s 3 Person Character Exploration
Character A –I want to be in charge Character B –Look at me! –wants attention Character C –I want everyone to like me.
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Benched
At the age of fifteen, I would sit on a park bench every morning and watch ducks as they waded across a lake. Each morning my mother would drop me off at the coffee shop as she drove my sisters to school. She always said goodbye with a big smile. My little sister was only…
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Text Received From Mars
Jade. How have you been? Are you happy? Have you been eating well? Sleeping? I’m sorry I put you through this. I know you said you never wanted to hear from me again, but I figured it’s been so long now you might not be mad anymore…what was I thinking? Of course, you’re still mad.…
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Because I’ll Hold Your Hand
The path was dangerous, as the man had said. He showed her the way and left quickly. Where are you going, she asked. Back to my path. She wondered why he didn’t walk this one with her.
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The Moment (of a Woman)
While looking up at the stars one night in February, Jane had the moment. The moment of clarity a woman has only once in her life, where she realises she is small and weak and insignificant. It hit her hard on the head and was heavy like a man.