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Seated on the broad stone chair at the head of my long, empty dinner table-- the remnants of a banquet for one, including a golden goblet for the queen's wine, lay cast in grey light from the tinted window panes--sits in exhaustion, the queen.
May 2, 2025
Irena had no future here nor there. Her house resided on the final corner of the last street. The green that surrounded the village had begun to reclaim her home as part of its body, with vines thick as rope and thick roots winding around the wooden panels. Many avoided her home, as the smoke that left the chimney was a rotten black, and the sound of her hammering against the wood was a chiming bell of death. Her brother was the carpenter, and Irena, the student, was the coffin maker.
May 2, 2025
They told us not to fall in love, not when time was a countdown, not when endings were inevitable. So, of course, we did exactly that.
May 6, 2025
FREDERICK THE MAGICAL: ONE NIGHT ONLY! The old poster read. Part of Frederick will always cherish those days as a world-renowned magician. He enjoyed bringing so much joy to his audiences. Another part of him, however, is so glad that he gave all that up years ago.
October 11, 2024
It was an early Monday morning in the Robins household. The kids were getting ready for school, or supposed to be, while their mom, Julie, got their lunches together. After raising thirteen kids you can tell when it's too quiet in the morning, and this morning it was too quiet.
October 11, 2024
Brenda Patterson was determined. This year’s Christmas Eve party would be perfect. Not “good enough” perfect—actual, magazine-cover, Pinterest-board, Instagram-worthy perfect.
December 20, 2024
Trevor woke up with one thing set on his mind: to prepare. Christmas was tomorrow, and this year, it was at his house. But this wasn’t just any Christmas. No, this was Christmas. It was the year his ex-wife, Kelsey, and her new boyfriend, Brad, were coming over.
December 20, 2024
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