Psychological
Survivor’s Guilt. Content Warning.
“What was it actually like Before?” “Before what?” “You know, Mom. Just Before. When we were hiding under that bridge and you held me close and told me not to make a peep. I was listening to those people walking by above us. Other than you and Dad, I'd never been close enough to another person to actually hear their words and that one man’s voice was so loud. I heard him say to someone else in their group, something about how what they were doing would have been unthinkable Before. What did he mean, unthinkable? What were they doing? And whatever it was, why wouldn’t they have done that Before?”
By Sam Spinelli22 days ago in Fiction
Burnt, Buried, and Banished. Content Warning.
Carice had no children as most people would define the word, but she considered herself a mother all the same. After all, it wasn’t her fault that Nathaniel hadn’t figured out he didn’t want to be a father after all until after they were married and he’d moved them both away to the top of this mountain.
By Shannon Hilson22 days ago in Fiction
Deception
“Oh, what unbearable heat! It feels as if the sun is standing right over my head,” Nawab Sahib muttered to himself as he walked along carrying a bag of vegetables. Suddenly, he collided with a young man—or perhaps the young man collided with him. The potatoes fell and scattered on the road.
By Sudais Zakwan22 days ago in Fiction
