Nobody Was Coming to Save Her_A Perfect Swarm_My Last Dinner_I Will
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Nobody Was Coming to Save Her
I am cleaning out my parents’ house as my husband and I prepare to move to our new home. I find buried in the attic a pink heart-shaped box with a paper rose as a bow that Amelia gave me for my birthday in 1998、“To Cassie: Happy 8th Birthday. Love, Mellie.”I haven’t seen or even thought about Amelia in years. I have no idea where she might be. I don’t even know if she’s alive.************************************************************ I wouldn’t say that Amelia and I were friends, exactly. Our parents were natives of all parts of New York City and lived near each other in the East Village in ...
A Perfect Swarm
ENVELOPE NO. 1“Hi, my name is Jared Blass. I am nine years old. My mother is called Belinda and my father’s name is Anton.”I popped the pencil in my mouth, reviewing what I had so far. Do we need such backstory? I tried remembering if Curt’s keepsakes had any sorta private information like that. Like, did he write an introduction anywhere, or did he, like my father would say (knowing it pees my mother – a veggie – off), “get right to the meat of the matter.” Things got wavy when I tried to think back.But then I didn’t want to think of the contents of that box too much anyway. Cuz I worried the...
My Last Dinnewww.onedoor.ccr
TW: Suicide, violence, blood The candles’ flames flicker like the shimmer of stars as they stand in the middle of the table, they are situated either side of a bright bouquet of marigolds that drip life into the otherwise static atmosphere of the dinner, their light casting dancing shadows over the stone faces of Mother, Father and Rueben. There was a time when we weren’t so still, I remember when laughter – pure and true – rang out from deep within our bellies and the air was pregnant with desire for something more, a restlessness thrumming in our chests. Now we wait, have been waiting, ever ...
I Will
From her wavy blonde hair to her gleaming tan skin, Allie Hale is one of the prettiest girls in Edgecreek middle school. Everyone around her constantly gives her compliments on her gorgeous looks, such as, "You look like a doll!" or "I can't take my eyes off you." People especially love her emerald eyes that sparkle like a million diamonds when they hit the sunlight. However, she would get the most compliments from her friends. For most of the kids at Edgecreek middle school, being one of Allie's friends would be a dream come true. It would mean that you could attend sleepovers in a mansion, ...