Stories tagged “pills”
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Controlled Monetization
I took the pills. Like everyone else, I took the pills and I sent in the hair and the piss to prove I took the pills. I’d figured something out, though: I could stop taking the pills for the first half of the month, then double up at the end. I s...
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What I got for Chrismiss
December 23rd It is nearly here. The orderlies tell us that we are for life, not just for Christmas, but that is the day they will dress us in our finest and put us on display. So many adults cannot have children of their own to lavish gifts upon becau...
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Locked Away Part.1
I was told I was useless, and never will mount to anything important. (Mostly spoken from my ex, who would as well write upon my things) I guess I was never meant for anything important in life. I don’t know if anyone is truly meant for anything in t...
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the pharmacist
sylvia had big pill problems. sometimes she’d swallow nine at a time. sometimes she’d hold 12 under her tongue so the vein would take it faster. some women, strength in their thighs, claimed cheesecake better than sex. not sylvia. sylvia ha...
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Sixteen Candles, Sixteen Pills
Cady looked out of her very square, very foggy window. She was all alone, completely abandoned on her sixteenth birthday. Her parents had left for London, and hadn’t even bothered to send her a card. To waste some time she flicked on the televi...
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Shadowgirl
I stare at the pills spilled out on the table in front of me. My parents are sitting opposite me. My dad has his arm around my crying mother. It’s the first time I’ve seen them in months. I never thought I’d see them like this when th...
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to hell with saying goodbye
The moon had cast a long eerie white light that snuck past the drifting curtains and landed gently on my face. I glanced around the room, staring at my suitcase tucked neatly into the corner, reminding me that tomorrow I would no longer sleep in this h...
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In Between Minds: Thoughts of Safety
Safe? I’d never been safe. My parents had watched, helpless as the cruel hand of the government had plucked me from my home and taken me to Camp 32. Despite assurances that we would be cared for by the best, the government did nothing to protect ...
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Dead Inside
I know why you do it. I know you must hurt inside. I know you feel you can’t stop. I know you feel dead inside. I know you’re an asshole. I know it makes it worse. I know how you hate yourself. I know how you’re dead inside. I know yo...
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Make Your Choice.
I was freezing in that fridge. I was untouched. I am thankful you got me. What? You are crying. What is wrong? Here, take a drink of me. I promise I will ease this pain of yours. That’s it. No! Don’t break me! Oh goodness, I thought you wer...
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No One In Particular
Steven sat on his couch surrounded by unopend medicine bottles. He rocked back and forth and sobbed silently, his eyes on his sister’s body. Caroline was on the floor, motionless in a growing puddle of blood. Steven grabbed the closest pill bottl...