Stories tagged “abuse”
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Zero X Nine Series - Laura's Resistance
“What is going to happen to the women, and the children?” Laura spoke in a worry tone. Inside the kitchen lighting up a smoke, stood Captain Alexander. Alexander turned to his wife; spoke with no concerns of others. “Let the weak di...
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Matches
She sat on the edge of their bed, watching him sleep. The only time he was peaceful. At the beginning of their marriage, things had gone as planned: they went to work, came home to fix dinner together and trade chore duties. He was a god to her, perfec...
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A Dash of This...
Her fingers were bony and thin, stained a permanent yellow gold from digging the tips in the turmeric paste. Her hair smelled of mint and cinnamon from the wash she made to cover her premature gray, her feet of rosemary from the soak she gave them at e...
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She Hides in the Night
She hides in the night, behind a door of fear and loneliness. The blood pools beneath fresh bruises, inflictions of love that scream back to her from the mirror, illuminated by harsh florescent lights. Intellectually, she knows she should get out; she ...
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Run
He had taken the last of it. The last experiment, the last bit of neglect. He had taken the last of the abuse, both verbal and physical. He turned his weary, exhausted head toward the ceiling. But there wasn’t one. He turned to look at the walls,...
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The crying game
He thunders into the house, his heavy boots stomping in the hallway. “Where have you been? I was worried.” comes the timid voice from the kitchen. “Stop asking questions, bitch. And bring me a fucking beer.” His voice is deep an...
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Hard Work
“This won’t t-shouldn’t take long,” Sarah stammered. “Thank you for taking…thank you so much!” It was 8 in the morning on a Monday, but my work schedule was flexible. Sarah had called me an hour before, saying ...
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Platonic Booty Call
“You did what?” “You heard,” she whispered, aware that some other diners were eavesdropping. “But you were gonna cram for that exam, get your apartment parent-clean, and-.” “But he called-.” “You ha...
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Nothing is Wrong
Looking into Nathaniel’s eyes made me forget everything else. There was no more hurt or pain or hidden bruises. Looking into his eyes made me feel like I was almost worth something, like maybe I wasn’t doomed for eternity. I held my smile f...
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A Short Story in Lit
I sat all through first hour staring straight at the teacher. I took notes when we had to, but I didn’t participate in the discussion. We had just read a short story and were disecting all the literary elements used in it. I should have been the ...
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Ben and Jerry are the Best Friends
Thankfully today was a day my mother worked… I spent the day in pjs I had put on after mom called me in and stayed in bed. I listened to my iPod all day. Depending on the song changed my mood. Some times I was balling my eyes out hysterically, an...
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Stupid The Dog
This thing around my neck is too tight. I try to pull away from it and it gets tighter. I run in circles but it gets tighter. It is getting hard to breathe. “Yelp!” I scream. “YELP! YELP!” I need my human to help me. There he i...
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Twelve Steps to Happiness
“OK,” the leader said. “Now that everyone’s introduced themselves, let’s begin with our prayer.” The group said, almost at once: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to ...
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His Love
shes sitting in the corner all alone and scared afraid for the next time his footsteps will come near for she knows just what he will do what he will ask of his little girl for mom is passed out somewhere unable to oblige the needs of a husband so...
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Ralph's A Dead Man
“Get me ’nother beer, Mary Sue!” he slurred as he hollered from the dirty old couch that he spent most of his waking hours on. He snorted and grunted as he watched the game oblivious to the old pizza boxes and partially empty take-out...
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nagging
Can you hear that nagging in the back of my mind telling me to do it again and again to take the metal blade and push it down it will hurt i will cry but it will make it stop that nagging feeling deep inside because he’s being an ass he...
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Monster. Part One: The Beginning.
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Monster. Part Two: Sadness and Rage.
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Monster. Part Three: Desperation.
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Monster. Part Four: New beginning, new troubles.
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Monster. Epilogue.
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Monster. About the Author/Summary.
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Monster. About the Epilogue.
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A desperate plea.
She never thought it’d come to this. She never thought he’d be lying there in his own blood. Would they believe it was self defense? She started to scratch his lifeless body, started ripping his hair out, started to give herself a black eye...