Tag: fiction
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I Know Why the Monster Cries
I Know Why the Monster Cries At night, I lay awake. I could hear the laughter from the sitcom my parents watch on TV, the hum of the air conditioner, Ms. Jane’s tiny, annoying dogs yapping every now and then, and sometimes, I could hear the neighbor make her youngest daughter giggle next door. But… Read more
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Outside the Hospital
Outside the Hospital Lydia watched her son from the window that separated the patients from those in the waiting room. The edge of her coffee cup rested against her bottom lip. It had already gone cold. She looked him with unfocused eyes, not really seeing him on that chair, connected to endless cords. God, did… Read more