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The Elephant
Short Fiction, Writing

The Elephant

October 22, 2022October 19, 2022 sw.

I see beauty in a freedom I never experienced growing up, and I am not jealous. My own closet is a place I have come to call home rather than cage, and I am not angry.

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papier-mâché // composite of an identity
Short Fiction, Writing

papier-mâché // composite of an identity

June 10, 2022June 8, 2022 sw.

The paint is chipping, she thinks, distantly. The paint is chipping and there is only cheap paper underneath, papier-mâché crumbling at the edges. 

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these were the futures we never had
Short Fiction, Writing

these were the futures we never had

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 sw.

You believed me–you shouldn’t have. Because time rotted through those pages, object permanence yellowing the edges of my memory, and we never saw each other again.

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Heartbreaker [Four Steps to Carnage]
Short Fiction, Writing

Heartbreaker [Four Steps to Carnage]

May 1, 2022May 23, 2022 sw.

i. you gotta have fun

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