She’s in labour!

Sara sat on the chair hunched forward, worriedly twirling a strand of hair that had carelessly strayed away from her neatly tied ponytail as she breathlessly waited for someone to rescue her from the strained anxiety that had all of a sudden gripped her. She was locked in a fearful state of anticipation and [...]

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Modest dreams – a sneak preview

The endless black highway stretched out forebodingly in the ghostly night, its desolate lanes bathed in enlarged shadows and wisps of foggy clouds. No light graced this highway, save the few twinkling specks of dust that had descended upon the black skies. The air was serenely still with only a brief wind that [...]

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Homebound

It was sometime in the middle of a frosty winter.
You were wandering aimlessly in the white wilderness of your thoughts,
Searching for a patch of green in all the snow.
You sat down, your head resting on your knees,
The sun was waiting for you to rise.
It was sometime in the middle of a foggy rain.
You were wandering [...]

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A grotesque friendship V

You may wish to read Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV before proceeding to read this last part.
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I lay wake in bed that Sunday morning examining the stuccoed ceiling that blocked my view of the clear spotless blue skies overhead. I glanced briefly at the clock keeping my head very still [...]

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Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep

I was planning to post the grand finale of A Grotesque Friendship today. It was taking me a while to finish it, but after several edits I think I finally wrote exactly what I wanted to write. Understandably then, I was quite excited about putting the matter of the grotesque friendship to rest.
So [...]

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