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Stories
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Stars
“Do you ever want to go back?” She turned and gazed out the window, leaning against the sill. The wind swept her long brown curls back over her shoulders. He watched her back muscles tighten and arms shiver as she closed in on herself, goin...
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Music
Stomp stomp clap, stomp stomp clap, the balls of her feet moving across the floor smooth as a snake loud as popcorn popping pop pop POP, as her arms moved out and away from her body, over her head, and back in; she had twisting powerful arms with grace...
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Shoes
She leaned back and sighed, her feet tucked underneath her ragged linen skirt. The hearthstones felt cool against her back. Ella turned her gaze to the glittering glass cabinet across the room. The one she dusted daily. The one she was only allowed to ...
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Harold
Harold felt the muscles in his neck tighten into hard knots. The skin on his right hand had blistered like a hot dog on a grill, and he perceived every inch of burning pain as he lay there. He filled his lungs with a gasping breath. He gritted his teet...
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Bike Ride
Lungs burning, throat open and aching, phlegm forming up on the walls of her mouth and tonsils, nose running with cool snot, her ears red and pounding with the sound of her breath and pounding heart, the muscles of her legs screaming and her buttocks r...
