Plip. Plop. Plip. Plip. The old pipe in my cell wept, creating a small puddle on the grimy floor next to my smelly mattress. This cramped cell has been my home for much too long, but I won’t be here any longer. Ever since I had arrived at Kenally State Prison on a false charge […]
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A Bleached Secret by Erica Schofield
Darkness The year is 2083. The War of Spectrum is over. The Officers won. Officers defeated it. Everything changed. The wavelengths of light don´t separate anymore. There was something once called ¨color¨. This is a old uncomfortable word. Like the words in the forbidden books, the dictionaries. There is no record of this ¨color¨. It […]
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Imagine standing in front of your king with a bow and arrow, proving to him you are worthy enough to be his vice. You take your stance and aim the feathered bow, releasing the arrow to the magnificent peacock feather before you. Nothing happens and the room is full of hoarse laughter like a bird […]
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Madeline by Maria Arenas My name is Madeline, just Madeline. The rest isn’t important. I live in Paris with Miss Clavel and eleven other girls. You see, none of us have mommies or daddies, but that’s all right ‘cause we have Miss Clavel, and she’s all we need. And each other of course, we’re like […]
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