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Cold sunlight pours through the window pinching each and every one of her toes. Stretching and groaning, she rolls onto her side looking out onto the world finding a bright blue sky, and yet the leaves on the trees are falling, and there are no birds in sight. Not a single one. They’re too cold, Read more
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Originally posted on Sudden Denouement Collective: The Contest is officially open! Since its inception in 2016, The Sudden Denouement Literary Collective has had the privilege of featuring some of today’s most fearless writers. With members that span the globe and editors who share a passion for pushing boundaries, we as a collective have enjoyed reading,… Read more
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Breathing in warm, dusty air, X wakes in darkness to find herself buried beneath a mixture of duvet and the limbs of her sleeping man. He’s got an arm wrapped around her waist as well as his left leg, while between her own she can feel a little of his seed trickle out before dripping Read more
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With the stars shining so bright, we trembled from the cold but kissed regardless, and as our animal spirits played their games somewhere above, so the connection was made. It’s hard for me to say if I realised it at the time, but looking back, it was in that kiss that everything changed. In the Read more
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Waiting at a set of traffic lights, X turns her back against the wind, facing me with hunched shoulders. Despite her tucking it into her collar, her hair’s blown this way and that before reaching out as if to touch my skin, and when it does, I sniff its scent, and my inner blues diminish as Read more
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Originally posted on samantha lucero: HALLOWEEN 3 YEARS AGO ? Don’t worry, dad said, you worry too much. But what about—? Don’t worry! They said no going outside, no exposing yourself to— To what, air? Don’t expose myself to air and breathe like a human being just because I’m dying? You’re not dying wasn’t the… Read more
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We pay for our stuff and leave the store holding hands. It’s cold so cold, and as she tries pulling me back into the warmth of indoors, I squeeze her tight and tell her to endure. With a grumble, she digs her mouth into the collar of her coat while with a blink of my Read more
Author S. K. Nicholas 