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medusaeffect (48)in #freewrite • 6 years ago
Blood red
You are measured not by how you love, but by how others love you...that's why it hurts. Wait, is that right? Have I got that backwards? Your worth is measured not by how…
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewritegut • 6 years ago
Churning
Why didn't she tell me. The feeling gnawed at the pit of my stomach. This woman called me about her ovarian cyst, her half drunk mother-in-law on the tubing outing, but now…
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewrite • 6 years ago
Sweetness
It was the last of summer. The bees seemed desperate making a last effort to collecting nectar. The hummingbirds, far wiser had long abandoned the fluted gems in the garden.…
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewrite • 6 years ago
White Hot Mess
A friend said the hottest thing about her was that she could make macaroni and cheese without a recipe. I wondered if it was any good. After all, there is a vast difference…
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewrite • 6 years ago
The Hyena
"Your nose itches." "No it doesn't." "Yes it does, I can see it."
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewrite • 6 years ago
Tears of Blood
"It's time you learned your lesson. No one is out there and you are never going to leave this room." That's what it sounded like to Wilma, that no one understood that she loved…
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewrite • 6 years ago
The Giver
The day had finally arrived. Colton was ten and there was nothing anyone could do about it. All afternoon he sat with his nose pressed up against the screen. His father was…
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewrite • 6 years ago
The Spider
It was as if he didn't exist. The palm size spider laid across the rock invisible to the unsuspecting eye. Blending in caused no small yelp when the toddler's foot slipped…
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewrite • 6 years ago
The Rocky Stream
Mercy snapped the leafy green twig in her hand and put it to her nose. The spicy small made her mouth water. The promise of sassafras tea pulled her from her slumber. She put…
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewrite • 6 years ago
Creature
"If you had half a brain you'd be dangerous!" His blown out cheeks were aimed at the frail looking child cowering beneath him. It was hardly his fault that Blaze was as dumb…
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewrite • 6 years ago
Tuckaleechee
The spiral steps narrowed on the decent. Caroline felt the stone pressing in all around her. She slowed her breathing purposefully. It was on the list, so with each step down…
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medusaeffect (48)in #photos • 6 years ago
Ah, no...
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewrite • 6 years ago
Loyalty
Rooster had to be dealt with. It was awful ugly, but it fell to me to know what was good for the community. He made it through the ten steps. I had high hopes for him. He…
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewrite • 6 years ago
Copper Sun
Ten more steps, that's all it would take. Carly latched the clasp on her leather bag. She tugged at the pencil skirt and let her chin drop to her chest to make sure her black…
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medusaeffect (48)in #writing • 6 years ago
The family
Sitting under the barely flowering rosebush she was shocked when the women mentioned her name. "Karen is harm." Karen barely knew what that meant. When she repeated it to…
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewrite • 6 years ago
The Ordeal
Children shouldn't know what it's like to have a broken heart, but sometimes they do... "G-dad, can I come to your house?" The question unraveled him. His long legs hung…
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medusaeffect (48)in #writing • 6 years ago
Rocket man
Joan couldn't do what every other child her age could do, but she was going to give it her best effort. All of the other seven year-olds loomed beside her. Although they were…
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medusaeffect (48)in #prompt • 7 years ago
Millennial Maddness
With a nearly thirty percent decline in the current rate of birth the future of our progeny is in flux. With women deciding not to do the mommy thing and more fathers taking on…
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewrite • 7 years ago
Pebbly
"I had a reason..." "What? What could it possibly be?" She pulled her hand away. "Please, help me to understand." Thomas didn't reach for her. He didn't say a word. How…
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medusaeffect (48)in #freewritemaddness • 7 years ago
Thunder-god
"It's a masterpiece!" "Pretty to look at, but you'll never eat all that." It was one of the many ways Jolene underestimated her daughter. Margaret was determined to prove…
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