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• twenty-seven

  by band geek 5 days ago

  Papa stood, helping my mother do the same. “Who are you?”

  “Name’s not important. We need to get all of you out of here as …

• nothing wrong

  by band geek 7 days ago

  My mom was the one that volunteered to be the first to go outside.

  No one knew what lurked out there, and no one wanted to b…

• hidden

  by band geek 25 days ago

  No one had anywhere to go; most people didn’t have a cellar. We invited our neighbors to stay in ours as long as they needed …

• rain

  by band geek 28 days ago

  “Tony..?” I yelled out warily.

  He didn’t respond, didn’t move.

  My mom was frozen, staring at him, at the wall, and the tree…

• stay

  by band geek about 1 month ago

  Mom was still walking slowly down the road, scrutinizing even the tiniest things that’d been affected by the blasts. “Mom,” I…

• Determination and Discovery

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk about 1 month ago

  I wanted to scream out to my Dad, just a few feet away, absorbed in the football game. I tried hard. I managed a small sound….

• Surgery vs. Paralysis

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk about 1 month ago

  “Mom!” I managed to get out as my voice cracked with the effort of speaking over the delirium.
  “Tony! Honey! Don’t strain you…

• Knife point

  by Blossom Ruoqen about 1 month ago

  I was so disoriented by my dream, it took me a minute to realize that two doctors and a nurse were surrounding my bed, embroi…

• The Physical Aftermath

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk about 1 month ago

  The pain was intense, his leg was throbbing and bleeding everywhere, his chin and neck stung, and so did his hand after snagg…