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I have 138 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 120442 times
and 13 of my stories have been cherry picked.
Alexis Bates
Artist. Sometimes the creator. Sometimes the appreciator.
My collections
My stories
I Dreamed of Hellscapes (2021)
That was not California. That was liminal, my brain healing itself. There was not a trellis in my history. I did not climb down knee scraping brick...
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- 509 reads
Boundaries
I spent months digging away at your lonely heart but I wasn't enough and I still feel you like dirt under my fingernails but now you're just a gaping...
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- 855 reads
The Ghost of You
My lover has crawled into the back of every dark, dusty closet and basked in every sunlit room. But he's tired of your ghost following him through...
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- 735 reads
You're a Dream
I am terrified of the way you tried to joke with me because for a moment I could've sworn you were chapped pink lips curved into a sarcastic smile...
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- 922 reads
Problems
I am a newborn and I’m crying because I’m hungry I am one and I'm crying because I'm tired I am two and I’m crying because I wanted cake I am three...
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- 3996 reads