MistakenMagic

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I have 167 stories published in 5 collections on the site.
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My stories

Cherry

Acceptance

My mother drew in my cries in a glittering net from the pit of my stomach.

Ritual

First, the anger. Fingernails scrape lightning on a blackened sky.
Cherry

Poet, Heal Thyself

The mourners come like bedraggled crows to swarm the casket. I find I have cried for her too many times; my tears are dry, they fall like confetti
Cherry

A Little Dream of Me

I find myself cradling the pillows; they are pale with grief. They miss the caress of his hair, the brush of his stubble, and the way his snores sent waves across their welcoming bellies.

Conversation With My Thirteen-Year-Old Self

You sit on your dad’s desk chair prodding that pale star-shaped scar on your right thumb, trying to mould it back into the skin. But still it reappears, shining just as before.

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