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To Whom Have I Become (Part 3)
Trigger warning: Mental health, suicide. Who turned out the light, I find myself in the dark. In a seedy hotel, far from home, doors are locked. I catch myself drifting in and out a state of consciousness. Is this my final moment or am I just left exhausted. I take a moment to collect myself, ...Escapism
Three days a week, they set their alarms to wake them at ten o’clock pm. On those days, they don’t sleep because they chose to be awake when the rest of the house is asleep. When the lights go out, when their mother’s snore can be heard from the hallway, when the German Shepard has ...Only Love
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr. . . . . . . April 15, 2020, 5:30 p.m. I was sitting on the couch binge-watching Ozark when my cellphone vibrated on the coffee table. It was a ...Shadowfield Chronicles, Part 3: Collection
Part 1 Part 2 “The world was once many- but now is two: the countries of Lux and Shadowfield. Magic runs deep through them both, as potent as air. When the wars started, the beings of magic were neutral. They did not care to choose a side, and they did not want to. In the ...Infected: Chapter 8
Read previous chapters of Infected here. Hadera ran into the parking lot with blood dripping down her face. Her heart was beating so fast that it felt like it was about to burst from her chest. Her vivid illusions were getting out of hand. She ran through the park cars trying to get to safety. ...- PoetryMemoir & AutobiographiesLifestyleNonfictionTravelCreativityParenting & FamilySelf-Help & Relationships
To Whom Have I Become (Part 2)
Where were you the first time you realized there was a problem? A problem so big you couldn’t wrap your head around it? I can tell you where I was, 3,000 miles away driving away from ghosts. The first time I was 20 years old, the second 39 years old. Where was I heading, you ... The Demon Who Wanders The Dreamscape
This story exists as a companion to a previous post. You can find that post here. *** There’s a word you humans use for when something excites you. It’s used to say that something is giving you freedom. Freedom that comes after being chained down. And that freedom is addicting. You never want to let ...The Lost One – Part Two
Kelgen sat with his legs crossed on the edge of the dead forest where he found Jethus. Branches like twisted arms wrestled in a constant breeze sweeping from the east. Under his breath, he recited a prayer to the Four Gods, the words tapping into a language that could only be understood when embracing magic. ...Waking Up: Mother – Part 4
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Content Warning: Contains allusions to emotional and psychological abuse at the hands of a maternal figure. Recommended 18+ readers.Waking Up: Six Months Later – Part 3
Read Part 1 | Part 2 ~ Red curls bounce and reflect light on the television across the room. In the deep recesses of my visual cortex an impulse fires and a chain reaction of electrochemical events cascade into a single thought. Madison? My heart quickens. A lightness creeps into my chest, bubbling up as ...
