Stories tagged with "trauma"
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Fear of Paper Clips

Challenge: “Fear of paper clips.”
While I am convinced that in any actual case of a person fearing paper clips it could easi…
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The town

I’m not sure why I am traveling through this town. I’m not sure why I didn’t take the backroads, like I usually do, instead o…
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The store
How do I know nothing will go wrong? I think to myself as I stride through the automanic, sliding doors. I immediately get …
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The store
How do I know nothing will go wrong? I think to myself as I stride through the automanic, sliding doors. I immediately get …
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It Wasn't Funny [Make Me Laugh Challenge]

“Come on, make me laugh.”
“No.”
“Make me laugh.”
“No.”
After a pause, Derrick repeated, “Make me laugh.”
Wendell sighed,...
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Excused Absence

A few days after the kiss, however, Kyra was not at school. Or the day after that. And girls I had never seen before came up …
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Lucus Dunn 's Childhood

Lucus was their only child, a late in life baby.
Doris in her mid forties had a complicated pregnancy and almost died giving… -
Music Can (And Will) Save Us All
At the end of the day, Ashley sat down and cried.
She was angry and sad and regretful and confused all at the same time.
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Asthma

The doctor broke off feebly as Adrien ripped the cords off him and flipped out of the hospital bed.
“Really, sir, this is wa…
